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- mfgdJuly 2014
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NikolaosJuly 2014 1) Ιn Italian you can use "OPPURE" for the English word "OR", and has the same meaning of italian word "O" - Vuoi questo OPPURE quello? - Vuoi questo O quello? (Do you want this one OR that one?) 2) "OVVERO" means "THAT IS" or "OR RATHER" and has the same meaning of the italian word "CIOE'": - L'autore di questa poesia, CIOE'OVVERO Jacques Prévert, era francese (The author of this poem, THAT IS Jacques Prévert, was French) |
rickycomJanuary 2020 True, but it should be added that while in colloquial italian, "ovvero" has the meaning you say, in "standard" italian (e.g. the civil and penal code), "ovvero" means "or".
vincentJanuary 2020 Grazie