casino — Italian False Friend
The Italian word that embarrasses tourists every time
Italian
False friends
Transcript
This Italian word does not mean what you think.
casino looks like it means "casino (a glamorous gambling hall in Las Vegas)".
But it actually means mess, chaos, racket (and in slang, also ‘brothel’).
If you want to say "casino (a glamorous gambling hall in Las Vegas)" in Italian, you say casinò.
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