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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.
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 :)
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.
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.
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.
