B2🧠 Personality
Italian word
sottomesso
submissive, obedient, yielding to others' will
Looks like
submissive
ready to conform to the wishes of others
⚠️ The trap
True cognate. 'Sottomesso' also means defeated/subjugated in historical contexts ('i popoli sottomessi' = subjugated peoples). For personality, it means passive and overly compliant.
To say "ready to conform to the wishes of others" in Italian:
sottomesso (true cognate of submissive)
"sottomesso" in English means:
submissive, obedient, yielding to others' will
Example
"Era troppo sottomessa nel rapporto di coppia."
"She was too submissive in the relationship."
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