Heather Broster
The Swedish band Abba may have made the expression popular around the world, but Italians have been using Mamma mia! as a mild expression of surprise, joy, annoyance, disappointment, anger and fear for years. It can translate in numerous ways in English including Oh my goodness! Wow! and Oh man! to name a few. Mamma …
The word for bald or bald-headed in Italian is calvo, which comes from the Latin calvus of the same meaning. Its feminine form is calva and their respective plural forms are calvi and calve. Learn with our video Essere calvo means to be bald whereas diventare calvo means to go bald. Sarò calvo fra qualche …
If you’ve landed on this page, it is probably because you’ve just discovered Måneskin – the Italian rock band that took Eurovision 2021 and the world by storm after winning the contest with their rock hit Zitti e Buoni – and want to get to know more of their songs! Here you can find the …
If you watched the 2021 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, you will know that for the first time in over 30 years, Italy emerged victorious thanks to Italian rock band Måneskin and the head-banging tune Zitti e Buoni! If you enjoyed their performance, you may be curious to listen to some of their previous …
Just a few weeks ago, few people would have recognised the name Måneskin, but after winning the Eurovision Song Competition 2021, the name of this dynamic rock group is on everybody’s lips! The other day, we posted the lyrics and English translation to Zitti e Buoni, the song that won the Eurovision title. Today we’re …
More than three decades had passed since Italy last won the Eurovision Song Contest, but last week, Italian rock band Måneskin changed all that by winning the title with an impressive 524 points. The other day, we posted the lyrics and English translation to Zitti e Buoni, the song that carried the band to victory. …