B1🎓 School & Academia
Italian word
tesina
short essay / term paper / mini-thesis
Looks like
tiny thesis
no direct English cognate
⚠️ The trap
A 'tesina' is a shorter piece of academic writing (a diminutive of 'tesi'). Translating it as 'tiny thesis' will confuse English speakers — the correct term is 'essay', 'term paper', or 'coursework'.
To say "no direct English cognate" in Italian:
N/A
"tesina" in English means:
short essay / term paper / mini-thesis
Example
"Ho scritto una tesina sulla Seconda Guerra Mondiale per storia."
"I wrote a term paper on the Second World War for history."
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