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falò

bonfire

noun fah-LOH Rare
Animals & Nature Environment

Usage Note

Falò ends in a stressed -ò, making it invariable in the plural — i falò stays the same. It is used for both celebratory bonfires (at festivals like San Giovanni) and informal fires in the open air. The accent signals the final stress, which is the exception in Italian.

Examples

"Abbiamo acceso un falò sulla spiaggia."

Natural Translation

We lit a bonfire on the beach.

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