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Italian word

lettore

foreign language assistant (a native-speaker teacher at a university)

Looks like

lecturer

a person who delivers lectures at a university

⚠️ The trap

In Italian universities, a 'lettore' is specifically a native-speaker language assistant employed to teach conversation classes. In English, a 'lecturer' is a fully qualified academic who delivers lectures — a completely different role.

To say "a person who delivers lectures at a university" in Italian:

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"lettore" in English means:

foreign language assistant (a native-speaker teacher at a university)

Example

"Il lettore madrelingua ci aiuta con la conversazione in inglese."

"The native-speaker assistant helps us with English conversation."

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