No. 232 in Italian
realtà
Reality.
In a sentence
La realtà spesso supera la fantasia.
Reality often surpasses fantasy.
Here, 'realtà' refers to the concrete and actual nature of situations or things in contrast to fictional or imagined ones.
In realtà, non ho mai visitato quel luogo.
In reality, I have never visited that place.
In this usage, 'realtà' is part of the phrase 'in realtà,' which translates to 'in reality,' used to emphasize the truth of a statement.
L'immagine riflessa nello specchio non è la realtà.
The image reflected in the mirror is not reality.
Here, 'realtà' is used to distinguish between appearances and what is genuinely real.
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