A2🔤 Letters I & L
Italian word
limite
limit, boundary; speed limit
Looks like
limit
the point beyond which something cannot go
⚠️ The trap
True cognate. Trap: 'ai limiti' in Italian = 'on the borderline / marginally'. 'Un comportamento ai limiti della legalità' = 'behaviour on the borderline of legality'. Also 'entro certi limiti' = 'within certain limits/to some extent'. These idiomatic uses don't always map directly.
To say "the point beyond which something cannot go" in Italian:
limite (true cognate)
"limite" in English means:
limit, boundary; speed limit
Example
"Rispetta i limiti di velocità."
"Respect the speed limits."
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