B2🎓 School & Academia
Italian word
licenza media
lower secondary school certificate (end of middle school, age 14)
Looks like
media licence
no English cognate
⚠️ The trap
English learners translating 'licenza media' as 'media licence' would be completely misunderstood. The English equivalent is the certificate received at the end of compulsory lower secondary education.
To say "no English cognate" in Italian:
N/A
"licenza media" in English means:
lower secondary school certificate (end of middle school, age 14)
Example
"Ha preso la licenza media e poi si è iscritto a un istituto professionale."
"He got his lower secondary certificate and then enrolled in a vocational school."
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