B1🏥 Medical
Italian word
vertigini
dizziness, vertigo (always used in plural in Italian)
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vertigo
vertigo (typically singular in English); dizziness
⚠️ The trap
English 'vertigo' is singular; Italian 'vertigini' is always plural. Saying 'ho la vertigine' (singular) sounds odd in Italian. Always use the plural: 'avere le vertigini'. This is a grammatical false friend.
To say "vertigo (typically singular in English); dizziness" in Italian:
vertigini (plural — correct Italian usage)
"vertigini" in English means:
dizziness, vertigo (always used in plural in Italian)
Example
"Ho le vertigini ogni volta che mi alzo troppo in fretta."
"I get dizzy every time I stand up too quickly."
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