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Italian word

stancare

to tire, to exhaust, to bore

Looks like

to stank

past tense of 'to stink'

⚠️ The trap

The phonetic similarity between 'stancare' and 'stank' is accidental and unrelated. 'Stancare' means to tire or exhaust someone. 'To stink' is 'puzzare' in Italian.

To say "past tense of 'to stink'" in Italian:

puzzare (for to stink)

"stancare" in English means:

to tire, to exhaust, to bore

Example

"Questo lavoro mi stanca molto."

"This job tires me out a lot."

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