B1🧠 Personality
Italian word
appassionato
enthusiastic, passionate about something; a keen lover of something
Looks like
passionate / impassioned
filled with or showing great enthusiasm
⚠️ The trap
Learners often use 'passionale' when they mean enthusiastic about a topic. 'Appassionato di' (followed by a noun) is the correct structure for hobbies and interests.
To say "filled with or showing great enthusiasm" in Italian:
appassionato (true cognate of 'enthusiast')
"appassionato" in English means:
enthusiastic, passionate about something; a keen lover of something
Example
"È un appassionato di jazz — conosce ogni musicista."
"He is a passionate jazz lover — he knows every musician."
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