Italian Word of the Day: Agnello (lamb)

Today’s word of the day is part of our Italian Easter Word series. Each day during the week leading up to Easter, we’ll post a word that is related to this special time of year. Enjoy! 🐰 A common Easter symbol along with rabbits (conigli), doves (colombe) and eggs (uova) is the lamb, which translates as agnello …

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Italian Word of the Day: Coniglietto Pasquale (Easter Bunny)

Today’s word of the day is part of our Italian Easter Word series. Each day during the week leading up to Easter, we’ll post a word that is related to this special time of year. Enjoy! 🐰 Easter is only a week away, and what better way to celebrate than to share some useful Easter-related words you …

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Italian Phrase of the Week: Non mi va! (I don’t feel like it!)

Whenever you don’t feel up to doing something, perhaps due to tiredness or simply because you aren’t in the mood, you can use the phrase Non mi va! which roughly translates as I don’t feel like it! / I don’t fancy it! / It doesn’t sit well with me! in English. This expression is made …

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Italian Word of the Day: Principessa (princess)

The word for the daughter of a king or queen, or the wife or daughter of a prince, is principessa (feminine, plural: principesse) in Italian. The last Crown Princess of Italy to become Queen of Italy was the famously beautiful and rebellious Marie José of Belgium, wife of King Umberto II. She reigned alongside her …

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6 Words for ‘Beautiful’ in the Italian Language

One of the first terms everyone wants to learn how to say in Italian is beautiful, but unlike other words which have just one precise translation, this particular word can be expressed in multiple ways. In this article, we’ve listed six of the most common terms for beautiful you’ll come across while learning Italian. If …

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Italian Word of the Day: Incubo (nightmare)

Dreams (sogni) are stories and images that our minds create while we are in a phase of sleep called REM (rapid eye movement). Most tend to be entertaining, romantic or even bizarre, but sometimes you may find yourself tangled up in a frightening incubo, which is the word for nightmare in Italian. incubo nightmare The …

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