elenco

list

noun eh-LEHN-koh Less Common

Origin: from Greek 'elenchos'

Also means

Elenco ends in -co with stress before it, so the plural takes the soft -chi: elenchi. The phone book is the elenco telefonico.

"Scrivo un elenco della spesa."

Natural Translation

I'm writing a shopping list.

Literal Translation

I-write a list of-the shopping.

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