Last night at the dinner table, our six month old son - who usually has the attention span of a goldfish - spent the entire duration of our meal fixated on a stuffed toy horse, analysing every hoof, hair and marking on its colourful body. To describe this kind of behaviour, there is a great verb in Italian: intrippare. Now if you look the verb up in authoritative dictionaries like … [Read more...] about Italian Word of the Day: Intrippare (to stuff oneself / to obsess)
to stuff oneself
Italian Word of the Day: Abbuffarsi (to stuff oneself)
If you want to say to stuff / gorge oneself in Italian, you can use the reflexive verb abbuffarsi (alternative spelling: abboffarsi). According to Treccani, this verb likely derives from buffare meaning to huff or to puff. If you have trouble remembering it, I find it helpful to make a mental association with the term buffet! Mi sono abbuffato di dolci e adesso mi sento male. I stuffed … [Read more...] about Italian Word of the Day: Abbuffarsi (to stuff oneself)