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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