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A1🧠 Personality

Italian word

onesto

honest, truthful, fair-dealing

Looks like

honest

free of deceit, truthful

⚠️ The trap

True cognate but 'onesto' in Italian also means 'decent/fair' in terms of price or behaviour. 'Un prezzo onesto' = a fair price. In English, 'an honest price' sounds odd.

To say "free of deceit, truthful" in Italian:

onesto (true cognate)

"onesto" in English means:

honest, truthful, fair-dealing

Example

"Ti dico una cosa onesta: non mi è piaciuto il film."

"I'll tell you something honest: I didn't like the film."

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