B1🔤 Letters I & L
Italian word
imporre
to impose, to enforce, to command
Looks like
impose
to force something on someone
⚠️ The trap
True cognate. Trap: 'imporsi' (reflexive) = to assert oneself, to stand out, to establish oneself. 'Si è imposta nel mercato internazionale' = 'She established herself in the international market'. This reflexive use has no direct equivalent of 'to impose oneself' in English.
To say "to force something on someone" in Italian:
imporre (true cognate)
"imporre" in English means:
to impose, to enforce, to command
Example
"Il governo ha imposto nuove tasse."
"The government imposed new taxes."
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