B2🔤 Letters M & N
Italian word
nostalgico
nostalgic, longing for the past
Looks like
nostalgic
feeling nostalgic
⚠️ The trap
True cognate in meaning. The trap: in Italian colloquial speech 'nostalgico' can label someone politically as a nostalgist for the fascist era — a loaded connotation absent in English.
To say "feeling nostalgic" in Italian:
N/A — same meaning
"nostalgico" in English means:
nostalgic, longing for the past
Example
"Sono nostalgico per la mia infanzia."
"I feel nostalgic for my childhood."
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