Word of the Week

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by Silvia Donati | Mon, 11/17/2014 - 10:12
As we reported earlier, the Santa Lucia Fair in Bologna opened the season of Christmas markets in Italy today, so we chose mercato for our Word of the Week –…
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by Silvia Donati | Mon, 11/10/2014 - 05:36
This is the time of the year when in Italy we try the “vino novello” (new wine), therefore we picked vino as our Word of the Week. Do you prefer vino bianco (…
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by Silvia Donati | Mon, 11/03/2014 - 05:46
Temperatures are starting to drop in Italy – il freddo sta arrivando! (cold weather is coming). Our Word of the Week therefore is freddo – cold. To be cold is…
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by Silvia Donati | Mon, 10/27/2014 - 09:04
It’s Halloween time! So we picked zucca – pumpkin – as our Word of the Week. Besides referring to the delicious vegetable used in many recipes, including…
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by Anonymous (not verified) | Mon, 10/20/2014 - 06:14
Thinking of Italy makes you smile? Yes, it makes us smile too, and how could it not: the food, the art, the lifestyle, the incredible travel opportunities...…
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by Silvia Donati | Mon, 10/13/2014 - 02:15
Italy may very well be the country of the passeggiata! Be it in the historic center of town on a Sunday afternoon, along a seaside promenade on a warm summer…
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by Anonymous (not verified) | Mon, 10/06/2014 - 05:25
Summer is over, but let’s not be too sad about it: autumn, after all, is a great time to visit Italy. So we welcome the fall season by picking autunno as our…
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by Silvia Donati | Mon, 09/29/2014 - 10:44
Fall has officially started, leaves are either beginning to fall off trees, or, in some parts of Italy, like the northern region of Trentino Alto-Adige, they…
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by Silvia Donati | Mon, 09/22/2014 - 06:58
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…
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by Silvia Donati | Mon, 09/15/2014 - 09:03
For our weekly Word of the Week, we pick grazie – thank you. Below are a few useful expressions with the word grazie: Grazie di cuore – thanks from the bottom…