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False Friends Between Italian and English - Falsi Amici Tra Italiano e Inglese


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Ciao a tutti e bentornati nel mio podcast, nell’episodio di oggi parliamo di "Falsi Amici Linguistici", un "falso amico" in linguistica è una parola di una lingua che assomiglia morfologicamente e foneticamente ad un'altra parola di un'altra lingua ma con un significato diverso. Queste parole si assomigliano ma in realtà, i significati sono completamente diversi. Nell’episodio di oggi, parleremo nello specifico di alcuni "falsi amici" tra l'italiano e l'inglese. Sentirete diversi esempi, per facilitarvi la comprensione, li ho riportati tutti in descrizione. Buon ascolto!

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Hi everyone, welcome back to my podcast! In today's episode we'll talk about "False Friends". In linguistics, "false friend" are words in different languages that look or sound similar, but differ significantly in meaning. You'll hear a lot of examples of "false friends" between Italian and English, to better understand the main differences of these words, I reported all the examples that I used in the description. Have a good listening!


False Friends used:

Verbi:

Realizzare (To make) - To Realise (Rendersi conto di)

Cancellare (To delete, to erase) - To cancel (Annullare) 

Pretendere (To expect) - To pretend (Fingere, Fare finta di)

Annoiare/Annoiarsi (To get bored) - To annoy (Infastidire, Dare fastidio) 

Attendere (To wait for) - To attend (Partecipare, Frequentare)

Disporre di (To have) - To dispose of (Liberarsi di qualcosa)

Aggettivi:

Conveniente (Good value) - Convenient (Comodo)

Casuale (Random) - Casual (Informale)

Morbido (Soft) - Morbid (Morboso)

Terrificante (Terrifying) - Terrific (Magnifico)

Avverbi:

Eventualmente (Possibly) - Eventually (Alla fine)

Attualmente (At the moment) - Actually (In realtà)

Sostantivi:

Droga (Stupefacenti) - Drugs (Droga/Farmaci)

Esibizione (Performance) - Exhibition (Mostra)

Attico (Penthouse) - Attic (Mansarda)

Bimbo (Child) - Bimbo ("Oca giuliva")

Avviso (Notice) - Advice (Consiglio/i)

Novella (Short story, Tale) - Novel (Romanzo)

Lettura (A reading) - Lecture (Lezione)

Educazione (Good Manners) - Education (Istruzione)

Camera (Room) - Camera (Videocamera, Macchina fotografica)

Fabbrica (Factory) - Fabric (Tessuto)

Fattoria (Farm) - Factory (Fabbrica)

Libreria (Bookshop) - Library (Biblioteca)

Parente (Relative) - Parent (Genitore)

I locali (Ristoranti ecc.) - The locals (Gente del posto)

Costume (Bathing suit) - Costume (Maschera)


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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAFdvNIGqBP9y7ggBRjfotQ

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https://anchor.fm/letstalkitalian

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