Word of the Day (la parola del giorno)

Today’s word of the day, rincoglionito, means an imbecile. It comes from the Italian verb, rincoglionire, which means to become…

As another entry in the category of “I like the way it sounds,” I bring you zozzo.  This word is the…

Spasimare means to long for, or to pine for, in a romantic sense. It also means to suffer terribly from…

Today’s word of the day is paraculo. It comes from the words para (parare)- to present, or to appear, and culo- the behind, backside, tush,…

Used a lot in Rome, scroccare means to freeload, or to mooch. It comes from the Italian word scrocco, meaning…

This one is pretty straightforward. A scorciatoia, (pronounced scor-cha-toya), means “a shortcut.” Scorciare in Italian means to shorten or to reduce.…

So you know when you go on vacation for practically a whole month and you don’t schedule enough words-of-the-day in…

Even if you’re just visiting Rome for a few days, you have probably spent some time in Trastevere. The area…