B1🧠 Personality
Italian word
ansioso
anxious, worried, eager (in a tense way)
Looks like
anxious
worried and nervous; also sometimes eager (anxious to please)
⚠️ The trap
In Italian 'ansioso' almost always means worried/apprehensive. English 'anxious' can also mean eager ('I'm anxious to meet you'). Don't use 'ansioso' to express eagerness — say 'non vedo l'ora'.
To say "worried and nervous; also sometimes eager (anxious to please)" in Italian:
ansioso (correct cognate, but rarely used for 'eager')
"ansioso" in English means:
anxious, worried, eager (in a tense way)
Example
"È sempre ansioso per gli esami — studia per settimane."
"He is always anxious about exams — he studies for weeks."
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