A2🎨 Art & Culture
Italian word
documentario
documentary (film or TV programme)
Looks like
documentary
same — but also an adjective meaning 'relating to documents'
⚠️ The trap
The word is essentially the same. But in Italian 'documentario' is almost exclusively the film/TV genre. In English 'documentary' as an adjective means 'based on documents' (e.g., 'documentary evidence'). In Italian that would be 'documentale' or 'basato su documenti'.
To say "same — but also an adjective meaning 'relating to documents'" in Italian:
documentario (correct)
"documentario" in English means:
documentary (film or TV programme)
Example
"Abbiamo guardato un documentario sui delfini."
"We watched a documentary about dolphins."
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