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lettura

reading

noun leht-TOO-rah Less Common

Origin: from Latin 'lectura', from 'legere' to read

Also means

interpretation

Usage Note

Lettura is feminine, plural letture. Beyond the act of reading it means an 'interpretation' of a text or situation, as in una lettura politica dei fatti ('a political reading of the facts').

Examples

"La lettura è il mio passatempo."

Natural Translation

Reading is my pastime.

Literal Translation

The reading is the my pastime.

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