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trappola

trap

noun TRAHP-poh-lah Rare
Animals & Nature Environment

Origin: Germanic origin, related to Old High German trappo.

Also means

snare

Usage Note

Trappola is feminine: la trappola, le trappole. It is used both literally (a device to catch animals) and figuratively — cadere in una trappola means 'to fall into a trap'. The idiom tendere una trappola (to lay a trap) is common in both political and everyday speech.

Examples

"Il topo è caduto nella trappola."

Natural Translation

The mouse fell into the trap.

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