Heather Broster
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, …
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. …
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 …
In the history of the Eurovision Song Contest, Italy has only won three times. The first victory came in 1964, with Gigliola Cinquetti’s song Non Ho L’Età, followed by Toto Cutugno’s Insieme: 1992 in 1990. Now, 31 years later, Italian rock band Måneskin has grabbed the title with the head-banging tune Zitti e Buoni. If …
If you and a friend go to a restaurant, but the waiters are slow and the dish you ordered doesn’t float your boat, you might describe the restaurant with the phrase: Non è un granché! It’s nothing special! / It’s not all that great! This phrase is used to say that you don’t particularly like …
Sempre is an extremely common adverb in Italian that has different meanings depending on the context in which it is used. It comes from the Latin ‘semper’ of the same meaning. Learn with our video 1. Sempre = Always The translation for sempre that most learners encounter first is always. Just like the English word, …