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, …
A delicious tropical fruit that Italians love eating in the summertime is ananas, the Italian word for pineapple. It is currently the third most important tropical fruit in world production. Whereas the English word pineapple was applied to the fruit because of its resemblance to a pine cone, much of mainland Europe adopted the word …
The word for eye in Italian is occhio (masculine, plural: occhi). Just as in English, it refers to the physical body part but also has a number of figurative meanings related to sight. Mi è entrato qualcosa nell’occhio! Something went into my eye! Below is a brief selection of the many figurative expressions containing the …
A very useful word in Italian is spreco, which translates as waste in English. It refers to the act of using or expending something carelessly or extravagantly to no purpose. spreco waste Spreco is a masculine noun that takes the following definite and indefinite articles: Below are a few common expressions using the word spreco: …