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A2🧠 Personality

Italian word

ambizioso

ambitious, driven to achieve goals

Looks like

ambitious

having a strong desire to achieve success

⚠️ The trap

True cognate. But in Italian 'ambizioso' can carry a slightly negative shade (overly ambitious, pushy) more easily than in English, where it is almost always positive.

To say "having a strong desire to achieve success" in Italian:

ambizioso (true cognate)

"ambizioso" in English means:

ambitious, driven to achieve goals

Example

"È una studentessa ambiziosa — vuole diventare medico."

"She is an ambitious student — she wants to become a doctor."

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