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parente

relative

noun pah-REN-teh Rare

Origin: Latin parentem, parent/relative

Also means

relation

Usage Note

Parente is a common false friend: it means a relative or family relation, NOT 'parent.' The Italian words for mother and father are madre and padre; 'parents' (both together) is i genitori. Parente is epicene — un parente (m), una parente (f) — and the plural is i parenti.

Examples

"Ho molti parenti in Sicilia."

Natural Translation

I have many relatives in Sicily.

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