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raccolta

collection

noun rahk-KOHL-tah Less Common
Arts & Culture Literature

Also means

harvest

Usage Note

Raccolta is both a gathered set, una raccolta di poesie, and an act of gathering, as in la raccolta delle olive (the olive harvest) or la raccolta differenziata ('separated waste collection / recycling'). The plural is raccolte.

Examples

"Ha una raccolta di francobolli."

Natural Translation

He has a collection of stamps.

Literal Translation

He has a collection of stamps.

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