Fatherhood – known as paternità in Italian – plays an extremely important role in family and society, and Italy is no exception. In fact, in the Italian language, there are six different ways to refer to the most important male figure in our lives. And with Father’s Day (la Festa del Papà) just around the …
Father’s Day (known as la Festa del Papà in Italian) is celebrated on different days around the world, just like Mother’s Day. In most countries including the United States, Canada, France and Japan, the customary day for the celebration of fatherhood takes place on the third Sunday in June but in Italy, it always falls …
The affectionate name children use towards their father (padre) in Italian is papà. It is the equivalent of dad, daddy or pa in English. A very easy mistake you might make when you first start learning Italian is to accidentally place the emphasis on the first rather than the last syllable. If you place it …