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B1🧠 Personality

Italian word

caloroso

warm, warm-hearted, welcoming

Looks like

calorific / warm

(calorific = relating to calories — false friend)

⚠️ The trap

'Caloroso' looks like 'calorific' (relating to heat/calories) but means warm-hearted. 'Calorico' is the Italian word for calorific.

To say "(calorific = relating to calories — false friend)" in Italian:

caloroso → warm-hearted; calorico/calorifero → calorific

"caloroso" in English means:

warm, warm-hearted, welcoming

Example

"Ci ha dato un benvenuto molto caloroso."

"She gave us a very warm welcome."

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