[{"role": "user", "content": "I'm writing a short story about a character who's experienced a significant change in fortune, and I'd love to know how to express the sentence 'I used to be rich' in Italian to add a touch of authenticity to the dialogue."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The correct translation of 'I used to be rich' in Italian is 'Ero ricco.' This sentence effectively conveys that the character had a different financial situation in the past."}]