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gamba

leg

noun GAHM-bah Less Common

Origin: from Late Latin 'gamba', hock

Usage Note

Gamba is the leg from hip to foot; the plural is gambe. It lives in the warm idiom in gamba ('on the ball', capable) and the encouragement in bocca al lupo is often answered while staying in gamba.

Examples

"Mi fa male la gamba destra."

Natural Translation

My right leg hurts.

Literal Translation

To-me makes pain the leg right.

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