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B2🧠 Personality

Italian word

malinconico

melancholic, wistfully sad, pensive

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melancholic

having a feeling of pensive sadness

⚠️ The trap

True cognate. 'Malinconia' is used in Italian literature and everyday speech. Note: 'melanconico' also exists in Italian (closer spelling to English) but 'malinconico' is more common.

To say "having a feeling of pensive sadness" in Italian:

malinconico (true cognate via Latin/Greek melancholia)

"malinconico" in English means:

melancholic, wistfully sad, pensive

Example

"L'autunno lo rende sempre malinconico."

"Autumn always makes him melancholic."

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