Heather Broster
Today we have an expression that, if used correctly, can go a long way in helping you sound like a fluent Italian speaker! A prescindere da is used to indicate something you purposely do not take into account, leave out of consideration, or put to one side. The expression comes from the verb prescindere which …
Inuyasha is a song written by Italian singer Mahmood and Dardust. Released in early 2021, it peaked at number 21 on the Italian singles chart. The song is named after the popular Japanese manga and anime series Inuyasha whose eponymous main character is a half-dog demon, half human. For the official music video, Mahmood dresses …
Soldi (which means “money” in Italian) was the fifth single on Mahmood’s debut album Gioventù Bruciata (Wasted Youth). After winning first place at the 69th Sanremo Musical Festival, Mahmood went on to represent Italy with the song at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 where he came in second. Soldi is an autobiographic song about Mahmood’s …
Io sì (Seen) is a power ballad from the soundtrack of the 2020 film The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Sé) starring Sofia Loren. Diane Warren originally wrote the song with English lyrics, and Pausini later translated it into Italian with the help of her frequent collaborator Niccolò Agliardi. It was nominated for Best …
If you want to ask someone what they are doing in Italian, you can pose the question in the following manner: Che cosa stai facendo? What are you doing? Let’s take a look at each element that makes up this phrase: che is a pronoun that translates as what in English. cosa is a noun …
What I consider a rather romantic-sounding term in Italian is barlume (masculine, plural: barlumi) which is the word for any kind of dim light, such as a glimmer, flicker or gleam. It derives from the word lume (one possible translation for light in Italian) and the prefix bar- which is akin to the pejorative prefix …