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 …
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 …
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 …
Are you wondering what the best Italian word is to describe that Scrooge in your life, the one who wouldn’t part with a penny if his or her life depended on it? Well, you’re in luck! 😉 The word for stingy in Italian is tirchio. According to Treccani, it likely comes from the old dialectal …
Today is the first day of April (il primo giorno di aprile), otherwise known as April Fools’ Day or Pesce d’Aprile in Italian! A classic prank on Pesce d’Aprile involves taping a paper fish onto another person’s back. The idea is that everyone walks around, asking where the pesce d’aprile is until the unsuspecting victim …
The word faticoso in Italian, which translates as tiring or strenuous, comes from the verb faticare which is how you would say to labour or to struggle. It shares the same origin as the word fatigue in English. Because it is an adjective, the ending changes depending on whether you are talking about a masculine, …