pascolo
pasture; grazing land
noun PAH-skoh-loh Rare
Origin: From Latin pasculum, from pascere ('to feed, to graze').
Usage Note
Pascolo refers to an area of land used for grazing livestock — mandare le greggi al pascolo means 'to put the flocks out to pasture'. The plural is pascoli. Related: pascolare (to graze) and pastore (shepherd).
Examples
"Le mucche pascolano libere sui pascoli di montagna."
Natural Translation
The cows graze freely on the mountain pastures.
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