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 learn one Italian word related to time today, make sure it is ora (feminine, plural: ore)! One of the most common translations of this word is hour, as in the time unit of 60 minutes measured by the clock. Questa lezione d’Italiano dura quasi un’ora. This Italian lesson lasts almost an hour. A …
The word for vacation or holiday in Italian is vacanza (feminine, plural: vacanze). Derived from the Latin vacantia, it is used for both the fixed holiday periods between school terms and periods of recreation or leisure, often spent away from home. If you are referring to an extended period such as the summer break or …
No sooner do I get home from work than do I slip out of my work shoes and straight into my comfy pantofole, the word for slippers in Italian. Pantofola is a feminine noun that takes the following definite and indefinite articles: This term applies to any comfortable indoor shoe, usually made of leather, cloth, …