Italian Word of the Day: Schiaffo (slap / smack)
As of 2026, the only European nations where it remains legal for parents to dare uno schiaffo (smack) their children are England, Northern Ireland, Belgium, Slovakia, and – you guessed…
Italian Word of the Day: Schiaffo (slap / smack)
As of 2026, the only European nations where it remains legal for parents to dare uno schiaffo (smack) their children are England, Northern Ireland, Belgium, Slovakia, and – you guessed…
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Italian Phrase of the Week: Non sono stato io! (It wasn’t me!)
Whenever my son does something naughty, his response is almost always the same: It wasn’t me, mamma! Because Italian is the language we speak at home, he says this to me in Italian, of course. There’s just one problem: what he says isn’t grammatically correct….
Italian Phrase of the Week: Non sono stato io! (It wasn’t me!)
Whenever my son does something naughty, his response is almost always the same: It wasn’t me, mamma! Because Italian is the language we speak at home, he says this to me in Italian, of course. There’s just one problem: what he says isn’t grammatically correct….
Italian Idiom of the Week: Fare gola (to be appetising)
If something is going to end up in your throat, chances are it’s going to be something tasty – lo sciroppo per la tosse (cough syrup) being perhaps the one exception! This is the image…
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41 Expressions with “Testa” in Italian
Italian idioms are packed with body parts. We use them to describe everything, from a nosy behaviour like ficcare il naso (to stick one’s nose in) to questionable choices like darsi la zappa sui piedi (to shoot oneself in the…
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Cioccolato vs Cioccolata – What’s the difference in Italian?
Did you know Italian contains numerous word pairs where only the gender ending is different? For example, we have mattino and mattina (morning), tavolo and tavola (table), and today’s scrumptious example, cioccolato and cioccolata (chocolate). Curious to discover the subtle…
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41 Expressions with “Testa” in Italian
Italian idioms are packed with body parts. We use them to describe everything, from a nosy behaviour like ficcare il naso (to stick one’s nose in) to questionable choices like darsi la zappa sui piedi (to shoot oneself in the…
WORD COMPARISON
Cioccolato vs Cioccolata – What’s the difference in Italian?
Did you know Italian contains numerous word pairs where only the gender ending is different? For example, we have mattino and mattina (morning), tavolo and tavola (table), and today’s scrumptious example, cioccolato and cioccolata (chocolate). Curious to discover the subtle…
