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fitto

dense

adjective FEET-toh Rare
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Also means

thick

Usage Note

Fitto describes something closely packed or dense: una nebbia fitta ('thick fog'), un bosco fitto ('a dense wood'). It can also function as a noun meaning 'rent' (pagare il fitto = 'to pay the rent'), though affitto is the more standard term. As an adjective it agrees in gender and number: fitta, fitti, fitte.

Examples

"La nebbia era così fitta che non si vedeva nulla."

Natural Translation

The fog was so thick that nothing could be seen.

Literal Translation

The fog was so thick that not itself-saw nothing.

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