nipote
I looked up in the dictionary , it says "nipote" means "grandson" "granddaughter" "niece" "nephew" . So I wonder how the italians know in a conversation that the speaker refers to which one .

Question

nipote
I looked up in the dictionary ,  it says "nipote" means "grandson" "granddaughter" "niece" "nephew" . So I wonder how the italians know in a conversation that the speaker refers to which one .

Answer

The answers are:
a) by the context, or adding: figlio della sorella, figlio del fratello, nipote di zio,
nipote di nonno.
b) sometimes the ambiguity just stays, we need a different term,
but we never invented one.

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If it's not clear by the context we just ask or give further explanations :)

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