No. 70 in Italian
tre
The Italian word "tre" means "three" in English.
In a sentence
Ho comprato tre mele al mercato.
I bought three apples at the market.
In this sentence, 'tre' is used as a cardinal number to count objects.
Tre persone sono arrivate in ritardo alla riunione.
Three people arrived late to the meeting.
Here, 'tre' is functioning as a descriptor to quantify the number of people.
Ha chiesto tre volte se aveva ragione.
He asked three times if he was correct.
In this context, 'tre' indicates the number of times an action (asking) was repeated.
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