B1🎓 School & Academia
Italian word
test di ingresso
university entrance exam
Looks like
entrance test / entry test
an entrance exam (closely equivalent)
⚠️ The trap
Meanings align, but Italian 'test di ingresso' is far more common and consequential than in the UK/US — many Italian university courses require them, including medicine, architecture, and law.
To say "an entrance exam (closely equivalent)" in Italian:
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"test di ingresso" in English means:
university entrance exam
Example
"Il test di ingresso per medicina è molto difficile."
"The entrance exam for medicine is very difficult."
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