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fresco

fresh

adjective FREHS-koh Less Common

Origin: from Germanic frisk

Also means

cool

Usage Note

Fresco means 'fresh' (food, news) and 'cool' (weather); as a -co adjective its masculine plural shifts to freschi to keep the hard sound. The phrase stare fresco ironically means 'to be in trouble'. As a noun il fresco is 'the cool air'.

Examples

"Il pane è ancora fresco."

Natural Translation

The bread is still fresh.

Literal Translation

The bread is still fresh.

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