False Friends - part 5 - Are you confused?

| Tue, 10/19/2010 - 09:33

Words by Pat Eggleton - Pictures by Pasquale Sorrentino

Confusione does mean disorder or confusion but it is also used for “crowded” :

C’é molta confusione – there is a crowd or a lot of traffic.

Un argomento is not an argument but a subject or theme.

Una discussione is an argument.

Un dibattito is a discussion [though “discussione” is sometimes used in this sense].

Italians will often say

Questo è il discorso – This is the question.