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agenda

diary, agenda

noun ah-JEN-dah Rare
Communication Writing

Origin: Latin agenda (things to be done)

Also means

schedule, political agenda

Usage Note

Agenda in Italian means both a personal diary/planner (comprare un'agenda — to buy a diary) and a political or policy agenda (l'agenda del governo). The English false-friend trap is real: when an Italian colleague says ho scritto sull'agenda, they mean a physical diary, not an abstract list of priorities. The plural is regular: le agende.

Examples

"Ho segnato l'appuntamento sull'agenda."

Natural Translation

I wrote down the appointment in my diary.

Literal Translation

I have marked the-appointment on-the diary.

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