B1🧠 Personality
Italian word
geniale
brilliant, ingenious, inspired — often used casually to mean 'great idea!'
Looks like
genial
friendly, cheerful, easy to get along with
⚠️ The trap
English 'genial' = warm and friendly. Italian 'geniale' = brilliant or inspired. A 'professore geniale' is a genius professor, not a friendly one.
To say "friendly, cheerful, easy to get along with" in Italian:
cordiale, affabile (for genial)
"geniale" in English means:
brilliant, ingenious, inspired — often used casually to mean 'great idea!'
Example
"Che idea geniale! Non ci avevo pensato."
"What a brilliant idea! I hadn't thought of that."
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