Italian GCSE

False friends (falsi amici)

What False friends (falsi amici) means in Italian GCSE, as defined for AQA.

Definition of False friends (falsi amici)

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Words that look similar to English words but have different meanings, so this strategy must be used with care and in collaboration with the strategy of using the visual and verbal context above.

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