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materasso

mattress

noun mah-teh-RAHS-soh Rare
Home & Lifestyle Furniture

Origin: From Arabic matrah (place where something is thrown, mat).

Usage Note

Materasso has an Arabic origin, entering Italian via medieval trade. The plural is regular: i materassi. Common compounds include materasso a molle (spring mattress), materasso memory (memory-foam mattress). Beware the double 's': a single 's' (materaso) is a misspelling.

Examples

"Abbiamo comprato un materasso nuovo per il letto matrimoniale."

Natural Translation

We bought a new mattress for the double bed.

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