B1🔤 Letters I & L
Italian word
improvvisare
to improvise
Looks like
improvise
to make or do something without preparation
⚠️ The trap
True cognate in core meaning. However, 'improvvisarsi medico/cuoco' = 'to appoint oneself as a doctor/cook without qualifications'. This reflexive self-reinvention sense is very common in Italian but sounds odd if translated literally into English.
To say "to make or do something without preparation" in Italian:
improvvisare (true cognate)
"improvvisare" in English means:
to improvise
Example
"Ho dovuto improvvisare il discorso."
"I had to improvise the speech."
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