Heather Broster
The Italian word for a frog is rana. It derives from the Latin word of the same spelling. Rana is a feminine noun. Its plural is rane. la ranauna rana le ranedelle rane Among the most well-known types of frogs there is the rana rossa (common frog), rana toro (American bullfrog) and the rana verde …
Ask anyone which Christmas tune defines the holiday season, and most will respond with We Wish You a Merry Christmas, which is known as Auguri di Buon Natale in Italian. In this article, you’ll find the lyrics to this song in Italian, along with the translation in English. To discover even more Italian Christmas songs, …
One of the the most well-known and beloved Christmas songs in many countries across the world, including Italy, is Jingle Bells. Although you will hear Italian people singing the English version at Christmastime, the song is so popular that they’ve also come up with an Italian equivalent called Din Don Dan, an onomatopoeic reference to …
Mobile is a word with various meanings in Italian but perhaps not everybody knows that one of the most common is furniture. Mobile is a masculine noun whose definite and indefinite articles are as follows: Its singular form means a single piece of furniture whereas the plural mobili generally refers to furniture as a whole. …
The word for sidewalk (US) or pavement (UK) in Italian is marciapiede. Derived from the French ‘marchepied’ (running board), it is the combination of two words: ‘marcher’ (to walk) and ‘pied’ (foot). In Italian, it is composed of the verb marciare, which is a synonym of the more popular camminare (to walk), and piedi (feet). …
The word sagoma in Italian refers to the profile or shape of an object that has aesthetic or functional importance such as, for example, the architecture of a building, a car or a piece of furniture. Some possible translations include outline, silhouette, contour and profile. It entered the language from the Greek ‘sakoma’ (meaning ‘counterweight’) …