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Parola del giorno | Word of the day
Today's Parola del Giorno is the interjection to', which means here (when you are giving something to someone) or look (when you are looking at something).
It is a truncation of the imperative command togli from the verb togliere.
This is very colloquial and pretty common in Italian.
See the interjection used below:
To', venti euro, esci e vai a cena con i tuoi amici!
Here, take 20 euro, head out and go to dinner with your friends!
An Italian friend says that although “to” is obviously sounding like a truncation of togli this is, in fact, from tenere/tieni.
Love to hear it!!