Faith, or fede in Italian, can be defined as either the strong belief in something based on spiritual conviction rather than hard proof, or the complete trust in someone or something. The word can be traced back to the Latin fidem, which ultimately comes from the Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ-. Fede is a feminine noun that takes …
A useful word to know in Italian if you’re feeling a bit under the weather is tosse which means cough. It comes from the Latin tussim from which the verb tossire (to cough) also derives. Tosse is a feminine noun that takes the following definite and indefinite articles: Ho una brutta tosse e il mal di …
Today’s word of the day is something extremely annoying and sometimes quite hard to get rid of: the hiccups (also spelled hiccoughs) which in Italian translates as singhiozzo (masculine, plural: singhiozzi). It comes from the verb singhiozzare meaning to hiccup (when referring to a human being) or to go by fits and starts (when talking …
The word for fear in Italian is paura and it derives from the Latin pavor meaning fear or fright. paura fear / fright / scared Being a feminine noun, it takes the following definite and indefinite articles: It can be combined with the verbs avere (to have), fare (to do/make) and prendere (to take/get) to …
If you attend a party wearing an abito da sera (evening dress) or a smoking (tuxedo), there is a very good chance someone will compliment you on how elegante (elegant) you look! The word elegante is used in reference to both masculine and feminine subjects. It can refers to clothes but also manners and attitude. …
As you might have already guessed by the similarities in their spelling and pronunciation, interessante is the word for interesting in Italian. The singular interessante becomes interessanti in the plural. The gender of the subject doesn’t influence the ending as it does with some adjectives. Trovo che questo libro sia più interessante dell’ultimo che ho …