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B2 False Friends — False Amiche B2·False Friends: Adjectives (consistente, peculiare, fortunato)
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Rule reminder

More subtle adjective false friends: 'Consistente' means significant/substantial, not consistent. 'Peculiare' primarily means characteristic/specific, not 'strange'. 'Fortunato' means lucky — similar to English 'fortunate' but learners sometimes misapply it.

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In Italian, **consistente** most commonly means:

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→ False Friends: Nouns (Rooms, Places & Objects)→ False Friends: Adjectives (sensibile, attuale, eventuale)→ False Friends: Verbs (assistere, pretendere, supportare)→ False Friends: Verbs (deludere, annoiare, risultare, realizzare)
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