English translation of 'lo'
[lo]
masculine definite article
▻ il
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lo 2
[lo]
pronoun (dav vocale l’)
1.
lo vuoi conoscere? or vuoi conoscerlo? would you like to meet him?
Paolo lo conosco bene, ma Giovanna no I know Paolo well, but not Giovanna
lo chiamerò domani mattina I’ll call him tomorrow morning
lo compro I’ll buy it
guardalo! look at him (or it)!
2. (con valore neutro: spesso non tradotto)
vieni? — non lo so are you coming? — I don’t know
te lo dicevo io! I told you so!
non lo vedi che stai sbagliando? can’t you see you’re wrong?
può sembrare innocuo ma non lo è he may look harmless but he’s not
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LO
acronym
= Lodi
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