The Italian term "lato" matches the English term "side"

other italian words that include "lato" : english :
accumulatore accumulator
adulatore adulator
ambulatorio ambulant
pergolato arbour
articolato articulates
cera, lato, apparenza, aspetto aspect
installato, immobile attached
pelato bald
accumulatore, batteria battery
pugilato boxing
installato built in
abbindolatore cheater
sconsolato cheerless
strangolato choked
annuvolato clouded
nuvolo, annuvolato, torbido cloudy
consolatore comforter
calcolatore computer
consolato, consulato consulate
desolato desolates
desolato devastates
abbindolatore diddler
sconsolato disconsolate
non regolato disorderly
ventilatore, scompartimenti, ammiratore fan
volato flown
congelato freezes
oblatore givers
rullato grinded
adulatore groveler
ghiaccio, gelato ice
gelato ice cream
egro, malato ill
vincolato legato
gingillato loitered
simulatore malingerer
da un lato on one hand
ambulatorio outpatient
coperto, annuvolato overcast
annuvolato overclouded
annuvolato overclouds
violato overlapped
troppo salato oversalts
vigilato oversees
imballatore packer
lato, valletto, pagina page
palato palatal
spericolato reckless
calcolatore reckoner
regolatore regulator
regolo, regolatore, sovrano ruler
salato saltily
salato salty
malato di mare seasick
egro, malato sick
a lato sidewards
macellato slaughtered
strangolatore, uccisore slayer
pisolato slumbered
sfracellato smashed
dentellato snappish
accumulatore storage battery
tabulatore tab stop
ondulato undate
ondulatorio undulated
non regolato unregulated
immacolato untarnished
violatore violator
ondulatorio wavelike
ondulato wavily
ondulato wavy
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Italian Unity
There are many dialects of Italian and each one is considered its own independent language. This is because Italy was not unified in one country until 1861. At that point. Tuscan Italian became the official language. But just 2.5 percent of people could actually speak it. Today, around 30 percent of Italian dialects are considered endangered by UNESCO.
Italian and Music
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