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Italian word
ingegnere
engineer
Looks like
engineer
a person who designs or builds machines/structures
⚠️ The trap
True cognate. Trap: in Italian, titles are used without articles in speech. You say 'sono ingegnere' (not 'sono un ingegnere'). Also, calling someone 'Ingegnere Ferrari' as an honorific is common in Italy — in English this is unusual.
To say "a person who designs or builds machines/structures" in Italian:
ingegnere (true cognate)
"ingegnere" in English means:
engineer
Example
"Mio fratello è ingegnere elettronico."
"My brother is an electronics engineer."
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