B2🧠 Personality
Italian word
malinconico
melancholic, wistfully sad, pensive
Looks like
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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