A2🧠 Personality
Italian word
affettuoso
affectionate, warm, loving in behaviour
Looks like
affectionate
readily feeling or showing fondness or tenderness
⚠️ The trap
True cognate. Note that Italian also uses 'caloroso' (warm, warm-hearted) and 'premuroso' (caring, considerate). 'Affettuoso' specifically means physically/emotionally affectionate.
To say "readily feeling or showing fondness or tenderness" in Italian:
affettuoso (true cognate of affectionate)
"affettuoso" in English means:
affectionate, warm, loving in behaviour
Example
"Il suo cane è molto affettuoso — vuole sempre le coccole."
"Her dog is very affectionate — he always wants cuddles."
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