Our Word of the Week is angelo – angel.
Angelo is a masculine noun, therefore the plural ends in -i-: angeli.
Guardian angel is angelo custode.
Patrizia è un angelo! - Patrizia is an angel - can be used to signify a very good and helpful person.
Angelo in Italian can also be used as a person’s name, in this case it takes the feminine pronoun when used as a woman's name, Angela.
Now practice your pronunciation with Francesco Renga's Angelo:
