No. 620 in Italian
animali
"Animali" means "animals" in English.
In a sentence
Gli animali domestici vivono con le persone.
Domestic animals live with people.
Here, 'animali' refers to quiet or tame animals commonly kept as pets.
Gli animali selvatici abitano nelle foreste.
Wild animals inhabit forests.
In this sentence, 'animali' discusses undomesticated, free-roaming creatures in nature.
I bambini giocavano facendo finta di essere animali.
The children were playing pretending to be animals.
'Animali' here metaphorically represents creatures in general during imaginative play.
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