A2🔤 Letters I & L
Italian word
incoraggiare
to encourage, to support
Looks like
encourage
to give support or confidence to someone
⚠️ The trap
True cognate. Trap: 'incoraggiante' = encouraging/promising. Common Italian phrasing: 'i risultati sono incoraggianti' = 'the results are encouraging'. No major false friend here, but beginners often forget the double 'g' and the Italian prefix 'in-' (not 'en-').
To say "to give support or confidence to someone" in Italian:
incoraggiare (true cognate)
"incoraggiare" in English means:
to encourage, to support
Example
"I suoi genitori l'hanno sempre incoraggiata."
"Her parents always encouraged her."
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