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Italian word
romantico
romantic (of love); also Romantic (literary period)
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romantic
relating to love; idealistic
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Mostly a true cognate, but 'romantico' in Italian also strongly refers to the 19th-century Romantic movement in arts. English 'romantic' is more associated with love. Context matters.
To say "relating to love; idealistic" in Italian:
romantico (true cognate, but Romantic period nuance differs)
"romantico" in English means:
romantic (of love); also Romantic (literary period)
Example
"Verdi era un compositore dell'era romantica."
"Verdi was a composer of the Romantic era."
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