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A2🏥 Medical

Italian word

guarire

to recover, to heal, to get better

Looks like

guard (false visual similarity)

to protect, to keep watch

⚠️ The trap

No real English cognate. 'Guarire' means to recover or heal. 'Guarda!' means 'look!' (not 'guard!'). 'Guardia' means guard — a completely different word. 'Guarire' has no connection to English 'guard'.

To say "to protect, to keep watch" in Italian:

guarire (correct — to heal)

"guarire" in English means:

to recover, to heal, to get better

Example

"Spero che tu guarisca presto."

"I hope you get better soon."

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