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Italian word
cattivo
bad / naughty (used about students: 'un alunno cattivo' = a naughty pupil)
Looks like
captive
a person held prisoner
⚠️ The trap
Italian 'cattivo' means bad or naughty. English 'captive' means prisoner — completely different. They share a Latin root (captivus) but evolved in opposite directions.
To say "a person held prisoner" in Italian:
N/A
"cattivo" in English means:
bad / naughty (used about students: 'un alunno cattivo' = a naughty pupil)
Example
"È uno studente cattivo — disturba sempre in classe."
"He is a naughty student — he always disrupts the class."
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