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B2🧠 Personality

Italian word

audace

daring, bold, audacious — in a positive or neutral way

Looks like

audacious

showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks

⚠️ The trap

English 'audacious' often carries a negative undertone (cheeky, presumptuous). Italian 'audace' is usually admiring. 'Sfacciato' or 'sfrontato' carry the negative sense in Italian.

To say "showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks" in Italian:

audace (true cognate, but Italian tone is more admiring)

"audace" in English means:

daring, bold, audacious — in a positive or neutral way

Example

"La sua proposta era audace, ma ha funzionato."

"His proposal was bold, but it worked."

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