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Many English words sound very similar to Italian words but often have completely different meanings. This article will show you some tricky words to watch out for in Italian.

Jul 24, 2015 12:00 AM
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What a fantastic list of false friends, Lorena. I think I'll share it with my Italian students because I'm sure it will be valuable to them :)

July 26, 2015
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The cognate words are so vicious that you can not even say if cognate is a cognate and vicious a false  friend, or the opposite.

It's a conspicous fact that  this words are punishing and demanding: divine retribution should erase them all. Friend are genial, but false friends just make you feel invidious.

July 27, 2015
Grazie, Lorena.
January 15, 2017

Ciao,

ti va di aiutarmi a migliorare il mio livello di inglese :P

secondo me non c'è cosa migliore che confrontarsi con altri per migliorare.

 

August 10, 2015

What a thoughtful, useful list. You call out several words that native English speakers mis-use or conflagte with others. I've printed the list and will drill until I can nail all of them. Grazie mille.

August 2, 2015
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