For the first year of my son’s life, he had a fairly strong preference for his father, constantly wanting to be held by him and searching for him when he wasn’t around. Now that he’s older, he has become much more of a mammone, which is the word for a mama’s boy (or mummy’s boy) …
Before moving to Italy, I was completely unfamiliar with the finocchio, an aromatic yellow-flowered plant of the parsley family with feathery leaves and gentle aniseed flavour. It has since become one of my favourite winter vegetables! finocchio fennel Finocchio is a masculine noun, and the plural is finocchi. Here are the definite and indefinite articles …
There isn’t an exact one-word translation in English for the Italian word refrigerio, but it can be best described as ‘relief from the heat’. It comes from the Latin refrigerium, a derivative of refrigerare meaning ‘to refrigerate / become cold’. Refrigerio is a masculine noun, and its plural is refrigeri. un refrigerioil refrigerio dei refrigerii …
The word for a boundary formed by closely grown bushes or shrubs is known as a siepe in Italian. It derives from the Latin word saepes. siepe hedge Siepe is a feminine noun, and its plural is siepi. la siepeuna siepe le siepidelle siepi Some different kinds of hedges include: Abita in una villa circondata …
As a toddler, my son was pretty fearless. However, he did have one archenemy: the dreaded aspirapolvere (vacuum cleaner / hoover)! Aspirapolvere is an invariable masculine noun, so it does not change in its plural form. Here are the definite and indefinite articles you should use with this word: It is composed of the verb …
The act of quickly closing and opening one’s eye while leaving the other eye open is known as an occhiolino in Italian or wink in English. It is usually performed in such a way that only the recipient notices it. occhiolino wink Occhiolino is a masculine noun that takes the following definite and indefinite articles: …