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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