A2🧠 Personality
Italian word
disonesto
dishonest, deceitful, corrupt
Looks like
dishonest
behaving in a deceitful way
⚠️ The trap
True cognate. Be careful: 'disonesto' is serious in Italian (implies moral corruption). For mild dishonesty you might say 'non del tutto sincero' (not entirely honest).
To say "behaving in a deceitful way" in Italian:
disonesto (true cognate)
"disonesto" in English means:
dishonest, deceitful, corrupt
Example
"Non mi fido di lui — è disonesto negli affari."
"I don't trust him — he's dishonest in business."
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