The Italian word morbido may look and sound a lot like the English word morbid but don’t be fooled: these two terms are actually false friends! The correct translation for morbido is soft whereas morbid is morboso. What’s interesting is that morbido and morbid can both be traced back to the same Latin root morbus …
The word for sad in Italian, which comes from the Latin tristis, is triste. Like all other adjectives that end in e, the ending of triste stays the same regardless of whether the subject is masculine or feminine. In its plural form, it becomes tristi. È una situazione molto triste per tutte le persone coinvolte. …
This week, we’ve chosen a classic Italian expression with which I imagine the vast majority of you are already very familiar! 🙂 Grazie! is the equivalent of Thank you! or Thanks! in Italian. It is the plural of the noun grazia which literally translates as grace, gracefulness, favour or generosity depending on the context. Ricordati …
What do you imagine when you hear the word panini? Probably a delicious sandwich, served warm after being toasted to perfection, am I right? What you may not know is that panini is actually the plural of the Italian singular panino, which quite simply means bread roll or sandwich. Etymologically speaking, it is the diminutive …
In Italian, the word matrimonio (masculine, plural: matrimoni) can mean both wedding and marriage depending on the context. If you’re struggling to remember this word, I’ve found that it helps to think of the English word matrimony. Il matrimonio è durato otto mesi. The marriage lasted eight months. Il matrimonio si è tenuto in gran …
The usage of the word mondo (masculine, plural: mondi), which translates as world, is more or less the same in Italian as it is in English. In its most literal sense, it can refer specifically to the physical planet that we inhabit (Earth), or to other heavenly bodies outside of our solar system. L’astronauta riesce …