C1🎓 School & Academia
Italian word
privatista
private candidate (a student who sits public exams without attending school)
Looks like
private student
no common English cognate
⚠️ The trap
Italian 'privatista' has a specific legal/academic meaning — someone who studies privately but sits official state exams. The English term is 'private candidate' or 'external candidate'.
To say "no common English cognate" in Italian:
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"privatista" in English means:
private candidate (a student who sits public exams without attending school)
Example
"Si è preparato da solo e ha sostenuto la maturità come privatista."
"He prepared independently and sat the school-leaving exam as a private candidate."
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