B1🎓 School & Academia
Italian word
borsa di studio
scholarship / grant / bursary
Looks like
study purse (literal translation)
no direct English cognate
⚠️ The trap
'Borsa' literally means bag or purse, and 'studio' means study. Italian learners sometimes translate this word-for-word. The correct translation is 'scholarship' or 'grant'.
To say "no direct English cognate" in Italian:
N/A
"borsa di studio" in English means:
scholarship / grant / bursary
Example
"Ha vinto una borsa di studio per studiare a Londra."
"She won a scholarship to study in London."
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