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perplessità

perplexity

noun per-pless-see-TAH Rare
Mind & Emotions Mental States

Origin: Latin perplexitas (perplexus, entangled)

Also means

puzzlement

Usage Note

Perplessità is feminine and invariable in the plural — like all nouns ending in a stressed vowel, it does not add -e: le perplessità restano (the doubts remain). It denotes a state of puzzled uncertainty, often used when someone finds a proposal questionable — esprimere perplessità is the formal idiom for voicing reservations.

Examples

"Ha espresso le sue perplessità sulla decisione."

Natural Translation

She expressed her reservations about the decision.

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