Parola del giorno e la lingua italiana

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Parola del Giorno (#PdG)
Apr 27, 2021
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The word casino in Italian, a place where you might gamble, play the slots (like at Monte Carlo), is a masculine noun as well as invariable:

il casinò

The accent makes all the difference — il casino1 without the accent means brothel.

Italians also love the expression È un casino, which means It’s a mess.

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