B2🔤 Letters I & L
Italian word
lugubre
gloomy, dismal, lugubrious
Looks like
lugubrious
looking or sounding sad and dismal
⚠️ The trap
True cognate — both mean gloomy/dismal. The trap: 'lugubrious' in English is quite literary and rarely used in conversation. In Italian 'lugubre' is also literary but used naturally in written Italian. Don't assume the English word is common just because you know 'lugubre'.
To say "looking or sounding sad and dismal" in Italian:
lugubre (true cognate)
"lugubre" in English means:
gloomy, dismal, lugubrious
Example
"La casa aveva un aspetto lugubre."
"The house had a gloomy, dismal appearance."
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