Pettegolezzi means items of gossip. Juicy details. The lowdown. The chatter, the chit-chat. And other nouns of the sort. It…
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Learning Italian
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Ever try paying for something in Rome with a 50 euro bill and NOT get a dirty look? Forget a…
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Something you notice right away in Italy is the power of the Italian mom. Not to say that other cultures…
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Coming from the Italian verb, scemare, or to decrease, or wane, scemo means: idiot, fool, stupid, dim-witted, silly, twit, dumb… It’s not…
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Want to say that something is ‘cool!’? Or maybe you want to point to a guy and say ‘he’s hot!’?…
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Pronounced in English, ‘skeefo,’ it is, fo sho, one of the most fun words to use in Italian. Somewhat onomatopoeic in my…
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Apart from sounding like some dirty act, ‘squillo‘ is one of the most useful words in the Italian vocabulary, in…
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Whether you’ve just moved to Italy or are planning an upcoming visit, learning Italian can seem like a daunting task.…