Italian Word of the Day: Colomba (dove)

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! 🐰 The word colomba (plural: colombe) is the feminine form of the word colombo, the name given to the entire family …

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Italian Word of the Day: Agnello (lamb)

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! 🐰 A common Easter symbol along with rabbits (conigli), doves (colombe) and eggs (uova) is the lamb, which translates as agnello …

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Italian Word of the Day: Coniglietto Pasquale (Easter Bunny)

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 …

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How to Say “Princess” in Italian – Principessa

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 …

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Italian Word of the Day: Incubo (nightmare)

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 (masculine, plural: incubi), which is the word for nightmare in Italian. …

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Italian Word of the Day: Asciugamano (towel)

Whenever you have a shower, jump in the bath or visit the beach, one thing you should never forget is your trusty asciugamano (masculine, plural: asciugamani), which is the Italian word for towel. A compound word made up of the verb asciugare (to dry) and mano (hand), it literally translates as hand-dryer! Mi sono asciugato …

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