Italian Word of the Day: Tuttavia (however / yet)

Tuttavia is a common Italian conjunction composed of the words tutta (the feminine form of tutto meaning everything) and via (path / way). Being fairly formal, it is used far more in writing than in speech. Learn with our video There is a range of possible translations for this word in English including however, yet, …

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Italian Word of the Day: Pazzesco (crazy / incredible)

Did you recently see or hear something that completely blew your mind? If so, you could use the Italian adjective pazzesco to describe it! The feminine and plural forms of pazzesco are as follows: Learn with our video Pazzo vs pazzesco: what’s the difference? Pazzesco derives from the adjective pazzo which means crazy or insane. …

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Italian Word of the Day: Sbadiglio (yawn)

The Italian word for yawn is sbadiglio (masculine, plural: sbadigli). Learn with our video Because it starts with s+consonant, the articles il (the – singular), un (a – singular), i (the – plural) and dei (some – plural) become lo, uno, gli and degli respectively. Some common verbs used with sbadiglio include: Tratteneva a stento …

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