False friends in Italian

 False friendsin Italian

Italian is one of the most romantic languages, but as an speaker of the English language you have to be careful. There are a lot of false friends which could be confusing in your daily life.

But don’t be frightened. Attend a language school, start (or continue) learning Italian and get in touch with the culture.

False friends in Italian

A

  • Abusare: means to take advantage of; to abuse is translated as insultare
  • Affrontare: means to face; to affront is translated as offendere
  • Attendere: means to wait for; to attend is translated as partecipare

B

  • Box: means garage or parking space; box is translated as scatola

C

  • Cantina: means cellar; canteen is translated as mensa
  • Coda: means queue; code is translated as codice
  • Conveniente: means good value; convenient is translated as comodo

D

  • Divertire: means to amuse; to divert is translated as deviare
  • Duomo: means cathedral; dome is translated as cupola

E

  • Effettivo: means real; effective is translated as efficace
  • Estate: means summer; estate is translated as proprietà
  • Eventualmente: means if necessary; eventually is translated as finalmente

F

  • Fine: means end; fine is translated as multa
  • Frequentare: means to attend; frequent is translated as spesso

G

  • Gioco: means game; joke is translated as scherzo
  • Gratuito: means free; gratuitous is translated as ingiustificato
  • Guardare: means to watch; to guard is translated as sorvegliare

I

  • Inabile: means unift; unable is translated as non in grado
  • Inabitato: means uninhabited; inhabited is translated as abitato

L

  • Libreria: means bookshop; library is translated as biblioteca

M

  • Marrone: means brown; maroon is translated as color rosso fegato

N

  • Nominare: means to name; to nominate is translated as proporre per una candidatura
  • Novella: means short story; novel is translated as romanzo

P

  • Partire: means to leave; to part is translated as separare
  • Preoccupato: means worried; preoccupied is translated as assorto
  • Processare: means to try; to process is translated as elaborare

Q

  • Questionare: means to argue; to question is translated as interrogare

R

  • Ricordo: means memory; record is translated as disco
  • Rilevante: means remarkable; relevant is translated as relativo a
  • Ritenere: means to think; to retain is translated as conservare

S

  • Sensibile: means sensitive; sensible is translated as ragionevole
  • Stampa: means press; stamp is translated as francobollo
  • Straniero: means foreigner; stranger is translated as estraneo

T

  • Tasto: means button; taste is translated as gusto
  • Testo: means text; test is translated as prova or esame

V

  • Vino: means wine; vine is translated as vite
  • Vizioso: means bad; vicious is translated as brutale

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