They say that sometimes, being with your best friend is all the therapy you need when the world gets you down, and I couldn’t agree more! The word for best friend in Italian is migliore amico in reference to a male or migliore amica for a female. The plural forms are migliori amici and migliori …
The word for blood in Italian is sangue (masculine). If you have trouble remembering this term, I find it helps to think of the English word sanguine, which shares the same Latin origin (sanguis). Below are a few verbs that are often used with sangue: When describing something related to blood, the adjective sanguigno is …
September, or settembre in Italian, is easily my favourite month of the year. The days are warm without being oppressively so, the nights are cool, there is still enough daylight to enjoy outdoor activities in the late afternoon, and you can smell the arrival of autumn in the air. Settembre is the ninth month (nono …
A very useful Italian adverb is quasi which generally translates as almost or nearly in English. This word, as well as the English combining form quasi-, both derive from the Latin word of the same spelling meaning almost or as if. It can modify nouns, adjectives and other adverbs. For example: So quasi tutto su …
The Italian word for boat, which is barca (feminine, plural: barche), derives from the Latin term of the same spelling. There are many different types of boats in existence, the most common of which include: A small boat is known as a barchetta or barchina/o (the diminutive forms) whereas a large boat is called a …
The word for curious in Italian is curioso. It derives from the Latin curiosus meaning careful or diligent. Because it is an adjective, the ending of curioso changes depending on whether you are talking about a solitary male (curioso), a solitary female (curiosa), a group of males or a mixed group (curiosi) or a group …