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Word 1 of 3: ancora, still

/anˈkora/
ancora

stilladverb

Indicates that something is still going on now and hasn't finished.

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The stress falls on the second syllable, an-CO-ra; with the stress on the first it becomes àncora, the ship's anchor.

  1. 1Aspetta un attimo, non ho ancora finito di leggere.Wait a second, I haven't finished reading yet.