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scatolone

/ska.toˈlo.ne/noun · masculineB1
Extended vocabulary · Vocabulary rank 26,163

Meaning

cardboard box

  • a large cardboard box, especially one used for packing or moving

In a sentence

Abbiamo riempito ogni scatolone prima del trasloco.

We packed every big box before the move.

Questo scatolone è troppo pesante per sollevarlo da solo.

This large box is too heavy to lift on my own.

Dove hai messo lo scatolone con i libri vecchi?

Where did you put the big box with the old books?

Word forms (2)
WordWord forms
scatolonemasculine · singular
scatolonimasculine · plural

Usage notes

  • An augmentative of 'scatola' (box) using the suffix '-one'.

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