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bordello

brothel

noun bor-DEL-loh Rare
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Also means

chaos, mess

Usage Note

Bordello literally means a brothel, but in everyday Italian it is used colloquially — and very commonly — to mean a chaotic mess or uproar: 'che bordello!' ('what a mess!'). The figurative use has largely displaced the literal one in informal speech and carries no particular taboo in that context.

Examples

"Questa stanza è un bordello totale."

Natural Translation

This room is a total mess.

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