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Italian Phrase: Buon Anno! (Happy New Year!)

January 1, 2021 By Heather Broster Go to Comments

As 2020 comes to a long-awaited end (fine), we want to take a moment to wish (augurare) all our followers a Buon Anno! Although this expression literally translates as good (buon) year (anno), it is by far the most common way of saying Happy New Year! in Italian. Buon Anno a tutti! Happy New Year to all! Another expression you will certainly come across is Felice Anno Nuovo! which … [Read more...] about Italian Phrase: Buon Anno! (Happy New Year!)

Filed Under: Beginner, Celebrations, Italian Phrase of the Week Tagged With: buon anno, happy new year

Italian Phrase: Natale è arrivato! (Christmas is here!)

December 20, 2020 By Heather Broster Go to Comments

Last year we taught you how to say the traditional holiday greeting Buon Natale! (Merry Christmas!), so this year we're going with something a bit different! The Italian for Christmas is here! is Natale è arrivato! which literally translates as Christmas has arrived! It is made up of the following components: Natale >> The word for Christmas in Italian. è >> The third … [Read more...] about Italian Phrase: Natale è arrivato! (Christmas is here!)

Filed Under: Beginner, Celebrations, Christmas, Italian Phrase of the Week Tagged With: Christmas, natale

Italian Word of the Day: Ringraziamento (thanks / thanksgiving)

November 26, 2020 By Heather Broster Go to Comments

In celebration of Thanksgiving, we've chosen ringraziamento (masculine, plural: ringraziamenti) as today's Italian word of the day. Formed of the verb ringraziare (to thank) and the suffix -mento, it translates as thanks / thank-you, thanksgiving or gratitude. Below are some useful verbs you'll often see paired with ringraziamento: fare i (propri) ringraziamenti = to thank, to give (one's) … [Read more...] about Italian Word of the Day: Ringraziamento (thanks / thanksgiving)

Filed Under: Celebrations, Italian Word of the Day, Nouns Tagged With: ringraziamento, thanks, thanksgiving

Italian Phrase: Buon Halloween! (Happy Halloween!)

October 31, 2020 By Heather Broster Go to Comments

Today’s 'phrase of the week' is part of our Italian Halloween Word series. On the days leading up to Halloween, we’ll post a word that is related to this spooky time of year. Enjoy! 🦇 Despite being an American invention, Halloween (which is pronounced 'alloween without the initial 'h' in Italian) has become increasingly popular in Italy over the last decade, much to the chagrin of the older, … [Read more...] about Italian Phrase: Buon Halloween! (Happy Halloween!)

Filed Under: Celebrations, Halloween, Italian Phrase of the Week Tagged With: Halloween

Italian Word of the Day: Strega (witch)

October 30, 2020 By Heather Broster Go to Comments

Today’s 'word of the day' is part of our Italian Halloween Word series. On the days leading up to Halloween, we’ll post a word that is related to this spooky time of year. Enjoy! 🦇 Halloween is on the horizon so what better character to write about than the Queen of the Night herself, the strega (feminine, plural: streghe)! La strega ha trasformato la bambina in una rana. The witch … [Read more...] about Italian Word of the Day: Strega (witch)

Filed Under: Celebrations, Halloween, Italian Word of the Day, Nouns, People Tagged With: strega, witch

Italian Word of the Day: Sorpresa (surprise)

October 20, 2020 By Heather Broster Go to Comments

The Italian word for surprise is sorpresa (feminine, plural: sorprese), which is the past participle of the verb sorprendere (to surprise). Both the English and Italian terms can trace their origin back to the medieval Latin verb superprehendere (to seize). Surprises can be broadly divided into two categories: belle sorprese (nice surprises) and brutte sorprese (unwelcome surprises). Some … [Read more...] about Italian Word of the Day: Sorpresa (surprise)

Filed Under: Adjectives, Beginner, Celebrations, Italian Word of the Day, Nouns Tagged With: sorpresa, surprise

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