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Il caldo può far male alla salute.

Translation

Hot weather can be bad for your health



Analysis


il
     1. art. the
caldo
     1. adj. warm, hot
     2. n. heat
     3. n. fervour, ardour
può
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of potere
     potere
          1. v. can, could; be able to
          2. v. may, might; be possible to
          3. n. power
far
     1. v. apocopic form of fare
male
     1. adv. (comparative: peggio; superlative: malissimo)
     2. adv. badly, wrongly
     3. n. evil, harm
     4. n. pain, ache, illness, sickness, disease
     5. adj. feminine plural of malo
alla
     1. contraction. contraction of a la; to the, at the
     2. prep. it-prep
     3. prep. -style
     a
          1. prep. in
          2. prep. at
          3. prep. to
          4. prep. Indicates the direct object, mainly to avoid confusion when it, the subject, or both are displaced, or for emphasis
          5. v. misspelling of ha
     la
          1. art. the
          2. pron. (accusative) her, it
          3. pron. (accusative, formal) you (term of respect)
          4. n. (music) la (musical note)
          5. n. (music) A (musical note and scale)
salute
     1. n. health, wellbeing
     2. interj. cheers!
     3. interj. bless you!
alla salute
     1. interj. cheers! (toast when drinking)




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