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pascolo

pasture; grazing land

noun PAH-skoh-loh Rare

Origin: From Latin pasculum, from pascere ('to feed, to graze').

Usage Note

Pascolo refers to an area of land used for grazing livestock — mandare le greggi al pascolo means 'to put the flocks out to pasture'. The plural is pascoli. Related: pascolare (to graze) and pastore (shepherd).

Examples

"Le mucche pascolano libere sui pascoli di montagna."

Natural Translation

The cows graze freely on the mountain pastures.

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