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A2🧠 Personality

Italian word

sensibile

sensitive, emotionally aware, easily affected

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sensible

having good judgement, practical, reasonable

⚠️ The trap

'Sensibile' means emotionally sensitive, not sensible/practical. A 'persona sensibile' gets moved by art and emotions. For sensible say 'ragionevole'.

To say "having good judgement, practical, reasonable" in Italian:

ragionevole, assennato (for sensible)

"sensibile" in English means:

sensitive, emotionally aware, easily affected

Example

"È una persona molto sensibile — piange facilmente ai film."

"She is a very sensitive person — she cries easily at films."

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