Sono provata.

Sentence Discussions Italian
#1
English Translation

I am exhausted.

An odd one? I can’t find that provare means this?

I’m now wondering if “tired” was written as “tried” and then translated?

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#2

Thanks for pointing that out, as I have now learned something new.

Treccani has the following page for the adjective provato -

Here, the second usage is indeed a synonym for exhausted.

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Sono provato.
#3

Thank you for finding the answer! Fascinating, I have never seen that before as far as I can recall.

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#4

Ciao Davide. Or it could be “I am tested” meaning tired, ah but now I see zzcgun’s post. Now we know.

I’m more used to sono esausta o stanca, so we have yet another opzione.

Ciao ciao… Flinda

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