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carta

paper

noun KAR-tah Less Common
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Origin: from Latin charta

Also means

card

Usage Note

Carta is feminine, plural carte, and means both 'paper' and 'card', whether a playing card (giocare a carte) or a map (carta geografica). The idiom carta bianca means 'free rein', and mettere le carte in tavola means 'to lay one's cards on the table'.

Examples

"Mi serve un foglio di carta."

Natural Translation

I need a sheet of paper.

Literal Translation

To-me serves a sheet of paper.

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