A2🔤 Letters R & S
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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