cartel

/kaɾˈtel/ · B1 · noun · m

bill poster

🪧 From Italian cartello, little carta (paper): a paper sign stuck on a wall

Same root as carta (letter, card) and cartón (cardboard). False friend: the English sense of a drug or price cartel is rare here. The everyday meaning is a poster or sign, and en cartel means now showing.

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