"È un topo."

Translation: It is a mouse.

[Gringadelsol]

if you remember, there was a famous italian character back in the 80's, called "Topo Gigio" and it was a cute mouse, dressed up in clothes :)
Topo Gigio, mouse Gigio

[bubbachump]

There's an italian restaurant in Chicago named topo gigio

[Roberto740984]

Mmm i thought topo gigio was argentinian, my whole life is an entire lie

[DaniWhovian]

Native here. Just wanted to add that we also use the word "topo" for "booger". The right word is "caccola" btw. This is relevant.

[kcaravati]

Thanks for the advice.

[EvaShukevi]

Co caccola

[noelledford]

un topo! EEEKKKKKK! :)

[BiggestBackflip]

And here I was hoping for a boy or a girl

[mxlgreg]

Topolino means little mouse. It's a famous old model Italian car, and also the Italian name for Mickey Mouse.

[istraziota]

it does not sound like TOPO

[LeonardGCZ]

Funny, in Spanish "topo" means "mole". Also, in México "mole" is food.

[Duolessio]

In Italian a mole is "una talpa" ;)

[Brilli15Bri]

Grazie!

[LunaLovegoodhp14]

In Puerto Rico topo means "mole"

[Danmoi1]

In Spanish"topo" is a gopher which is also a rodent

[cyberjoac]

First time I see the word, and not translated...

[mizinamo]

Hover over it (or touch on mobile) to get a translation.

[hypoheinz]

Why is "È" also explained with "(you) are" but it is not right to answer "you are a mouse"?

[amitriss]

The verb è you are talking about its a formal way to say "You are" and it's used when you are talking to a upperclass/older person in a polite way not for animals!

[audrey233739]

I actually didn't know I guessed that. I haven't been doing Italian, because I was doing Spanish, and I think that Italian is harder than Spanish.

[jolley1508]

There is a mistake in the grading for this.

[DoroteaAcq]

è un toppo ? .____.

[italianjdl]

So is topo a mouse or a rat? They are two different creatures. The last question said it was a rat but this description says it's a mouse. Which is it?

[zeynepDemi566173]

Topo gigio :)

[JacobVA]

I put he is a mouse, how is that wrong?

[christiaan81]

One of these words.. No friends in related languages

[joeyfiuza]

There is bug here. I compute "it is a mouse" twice and it won't accept it

[SweetAngel136663]

I heard "È unto"

[Patrick18908]

It is not recognising a correct translation

[SylviaScia]

I have put exactly the same but yet you say i have put the wrong word

[AngusCarte1]

How do you type accents pn a Android phone? Duolingo keeps telling me I'm off but I just don' t know how to type them yet.

[Danmoi1]

Hold the letter you want to accent

[SandyMayaM]

I wrote it's instead of it is, could you please add it to correct answers? Thank you

[GotchiC4U0b9E6]

Try not to confuse è and é. È means it is, but é means Is it. Pay attention to symbols above letters.

[alya105710]

I wrote the same word????

[egazzolo1984]

Topo Gigio was an Italian series. After it became a success, Latin American countries like Peru and Mexico came up with their own version. But it's originally Italian.

[stbell75]

Did you have the cartoon series "Top Cat"? Could have been confusing!

[PB_Bandit]

All I can hear is 'È un popo'. No choice but to skip all audio questions when this comes up.

[Nezzad30]

The pronunciation is wrong

[PATRIPATRI71]

La pronuncia in italiano di "topo" è sbagliata

[cdeim]

I had "e un popo" as an accepted answer? It sounded like "popo" at first but after I listened to it closely it definitely said "topo". I reported that it should not be accepted.

[theladyllama]

The first time I heard this audio I thought he said '' è un popo '', and italian is my first language XD.