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B1🧠 Personality

Italian word

vulnerabile

vulnerable, easily hurt, emotionally open to damage

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vulnerable

susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm

⚠️ The trap

True cognate. Used identically for emotional and physical vulnerability. In cybersecurity Italian also uses 'vulnerabile' (a system vulnerability = una vulnerabilità del sistema). Same as English.

To say "susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm" in Italian:

vulnerabile (true cognate)

"vulnerabile" in English means:

vulnerable, easily hurt, emotionally open to damage

Example

"Dopo la separazione si sentiva molto vulnerabile."

"After the separation she felt very vulnerable."

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