B1🔤 Letters F & G
Italian word
geniale
brilliant, genius-level, clever
Looks like
genial
friendly, cheerful, pleasant
⚠️ The trap
A 'genial' person in English is warm and friendly. A 'geniale' person in Italian is brilliantly clever. Completely different — one is about personality, the other about intellect.
To say "friendly, cheerful, pleasant" in Italian:
simpatico, cordiale (for genial/pleasant)
"geniale" in English means:
brilliant, genius-level, clever
Example
"Quella soluzione è geniale!"
"That solution is brilliant/genius!"
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