B1🧠 Personality
Italian word
umiliato
humiliated, deeply embarrassed and put down
Looks like
humiliated
made to feel ashamed and inferior
⚠️ The trap
True cognate. The trap is confusing it with 'imbarazzato' (embarrassed). Humiliation ('umiliazione') is more intense than embarrassment ('imbarazzo') — it involves being put down by others.
To say "made to feel ashamed and inferior" in Italian:
umiliato (true cognate)
"umiliato" in English means:
humiliated, deeply embarrassed and put down
Example
"Si è sentita umiliata davanti a tutta la classe."
"She felt humiliated in front of the whole class."
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