Word of the Day (la parola del giorno)

In honor of International Women’s Day, I thought it would be appropriate to compile a list of all the ways…

Svolta is one of those words that has two different meanings: the one used in Italy, and the one used in…

It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes there isn’t an Italian equivalent for an English word, or sometimes there isn’t an…

I really love today’s word (phrase) of the day. Fare il vago means to play dumb, to pretend nothing happened,…

So you know when you find out your ex has a new special someone? Or when you postponed buying a…

In case you were wondering where I drink my cappuccino every morning, it’s on the Lungotevere, way up by the…

This is as Roman as it gets… Daje is simply the Italian word dai, said with a Roman accent, or rather, in…

Brace yourselves for this one, because it’s a doozie! I have recently learned that ‘a buffo’ has two very distinct meanings.…