The word welcome – as in the polite and friendly greeting you use upon someone’s arrival – can be translated as benvenuto in Italian. benvenuto welcome The end of the word changes depending on whether you are addressing a man, woman or multiple men and women. Benvenuti alla mia festa! Welcome to my party! The …
If there is bread on the table, I can’t help myself – I’m going to eat it all, right down to the very last crumb. I’ve been a bread lover since childhood and when I was 3 years old, I refused to eat anything else. Living in different countries has allowed me to taste different …
Art is the uniquely human skill of being able to consciously create something beautiful or meaningful by employing skill and imagination. Typically visual but also auditory and theatrical, art can assume many forms including paintings, sculptures, music, architecture and more. In Italian, all you need to do is add an e to the end of …
The Italian word for rainbow is arcobaleno (plural: arcobaleni). It is composed of two words: arco (arch) and baleno (flash, flare). arcobaleno rainbow As a masculine noun that begins with a vowel, it takes the following definite and indefinite articles: l’arcobalenoun arcobaleno gli arcobalenidegli arcobaleni Ho visto un arcobaleno dopo il temporale. I saw a …
The Italian word for flower is fiore (plural: fiori). This word can also be used to refer to a blossom of a tree. It is a fairly popular name for a girl or boy in Italy. fiore flower Below you can find the definite and indefinite articles that go with this masculine noun: il fioreun …
Italian is known as one of the most romantic languages in the world, so it should come as no surprise that some of the first words people wish to learn are often linked to romance! We already covered the word amore (love) and the expression ti amo (I love you) in previous articles, so today …