If you find yourself regularly coming up against stumbling blocks while trying to realise your goals, you’ll definitely find the word intoppo useful! Intoppo is a masculine noun. The plural is intoppi. l’intoppoun intoppo gli intoppidegli intoppi Intoppo, which comes from the verb intoppare (to crash, collide, stumble), describes the act of colliding with an …
The Italian word for a vineyard is vigneto. It derives from the Latin vinetum, which in turn comes from vinum, the Latin word for wine. Note: Vigneto is easily confused with the similar-sounding term vignetta, which is the word for a cartoon or comic strip, so pay attention to the pronunciation! Vigneto is a masculine …
In Italy, you’ll often hear people use the single word torcicollo to describe a crick in one’s neck or a stiff neck caused by an injury. It is made up of two words: the verb torcere meaning to twist or to contort, and collo meaning neck. Torcicollo is a masculine noun. The plural is torcicolli. …
Demordere is a useful verb in Italian that means to give up, to give in, or to throw in the towel. According to Treccani, it is based on the French verb démordre of the same meaning. The combination of the verb mordere (to bite) and the prefix de- (indicating the removal, separation or estrangement of …
There isn’t an exact one-word translation in English for the Italian word refrigerio, but it can be best described as ‘relief from the heat’. It comes from the Latin refrigerium, a derivative of refrigerare meaning ‘to refrigerate / become cold’. Refrigerio is a masculine noun, and its plural is refrigeri. un refrigerioil refrigerio dei refrigerii …
Today we have a fun word that made me smile from ear to ear the first time I encountered it! Nientepopodimeno is a humorous variation on the adverbs nientemeno and nientedimeno, both of which usually translate as no less (than). It is normally followed by the comparative conjunction che (than). Let’s break down the word …