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A1🧠 Personality

Italian word

noioso

boring, dull, tedious — also used for annoying people

Looks like

noisy

making a lot of noise; loud

⚠️ The trap

CLASSIC FALSE FRIEND. 'Noioso' has nothing to do with noise. It means boring. Noisy = rumoroso. This catches every English speaker at least once.

To say "making a lot of noise; loud" in Italian:

rumoroso (for noisy)

"noioso" in English means:

boring, dull, tedious — also used for annoying people

Example

"Quel professore è così noioso — mi addormento in classe."

"That teacher is so boring — I fall asleep in class."

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