A fun Italian word that sounds just like its meaning is ruzzolone (masculine, plural: ruzzoloni), which translates as a tumble or hard fall in English. It derives from the verb ruzzolare (to tumble / to roll) which can ultimately be traced back to the Latin word rota meaning wheel. To take a tumble translates as fare un ruzzolone in Italian. To emphasise that it was a particularly bad … [Read more...] about Italian Word of the Day: Ruzzolone (tumble / hard fall)
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Italian Word of the Day: Autunno (autumn)
Today is officially the first day of fall (il primo giorno di autunno) in the Northern Hemisphere, so what better word to choose as "word of the day" than autunno itself! The first day of the Autumnal Equinox (equinozio d'autunno) may fall on any day between September 21st and 24th. It is one of two days during the year when day (giorno) and night (notte) are more or less equal in length … [Read more...] about Italian Word of the Day: Autunno (autumn)