B2🧠 Personality
Italian word
autosufficiente
self-sufficient, independent, needing no one else
Looks like
self-sufficient
able to provide for one's own needs without outside help
⚠️ The trap
True cognate. Also used for countries or organisations ('un paese autosufficiente energeticamente' = an energy self-sufficient country). For personality it describes someone fiercely independent.
To say "able to provide for one's own needs without outside help" in Italian:
autosufficiente (true cognate)
"autosufficiente" in English means:
self-sufficient, independent, needing no one else
Example
"Vuole essere autosufficiente — non chiede mai aiuto a nessuno."
"She wants to be self-sufficient — she never asks anyone for help."
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