B1🔤 Letters I & L
Italian word
investire
to invest (money); also to hit/run over (a vehicle hitting someone)
Looks like
invest
to put money into something for profit
⚠️ The trap
In Italian 'investire' also means to run someone over or collide with someone. 'Il ciclista è stato investito da un camion' = 'The cyclist was hit by a truck'. Completely different from the financial meaning.
To say "to put money into something for profit" in Italian:
investire (both meanings co-exist)
"investire" in English means:
to invest (money); also to hit/run over (a vehicle hitting someone)
Example
"L'auto ha investito il pedone."
"The car ran over the pedestrian."
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