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A2🧠 Personality

Italian word

maturo

mature (in behaviour/personality), also ripe (for fruit)

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mature

having reached full development; acting responsibly

⚠️ The trap

True cognate but beware: in Italian 'maturo' is heavily used for ripe fruit ('una pera matura'). Don't say 'maturo' for a person if you mean 'middle-aged' — for age say 'di mezza età'.

To say "having reached full development; acting responsibly" in Italian:

maturo (true cognate)

"maturo" in English means:

mature (in behaviour/personality), also ripe (for fruit)

Example

"Per la sua età è una ragazza molto matura."

"For her age she is a very mature girl."

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