fresco
fresh
adjective FREHS-koh Less Common
Origin: from Germanic frisk
Also means
cool
Usage Note
Fresco means 'fresh' (food, news) and 'cool' (weather); as a -co adjective its masculine plural shifts to freschi to keep the hard sound. The phrase stare fresco ironically means 'to be in trouble'. As a noun il fresco is 'the cool air'.
Examples
"Il pane è ancora fresco."
Natural Translation
The bread is still fresh.
Literal Translation
The bread is still fresh.
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