B2🔤 Letters F & G
Italian word
fastidioso
annoying, irritating, bothersome
Looks like
fastidious
very attentive to detail, hard to please
⚠️ The trap
A fastidious person is precise and picky — a positive quality. A fastidioso thing is irritating and bothersome — a negative quality. Opposite connotations!
To say "very attentive to detail, hard to please" in Italian:
meticoloso, esigente (for fastidious)
"fastidioso" in English means:
annoying, irritating, bothersome
Example
"Quel rumore è molto fastidioso."
"That noise is very annoying."
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