Rossini Perduto
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World Premiere at St. Jean’s Theatre (150 East 76th St)
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Year: 2019
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Parole Parole: “Apparecchiare”
Today’s word is APPARECCHIARE, meaning to set the table.
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Parole Parole: “Scartabellare”
Today’s word is SCARTABELLARE, meaning “getting through paperwork.”
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Parole Parole: “Coccio”
Today’s word is COCCIO, meaning a piece or fragment of pottery.
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Parole Parole: “Cappuccino”
Today’s word is CAPPUCCINO, the espresso + milk froth combo.
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Parole Parole: “Passeggiata”
Today’s word is PASSEGGIATA, meaning “a stroll.”
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Parole Parole: “Sfogo”
Today’s word is SFOGO, meaning “venting,” “flowing into,” or “rash.”
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Parole Parole: “Allegria”
Today’s word is ALLEGRIA, meaning “happiness.”
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Parole Parole: “Campana”
Today’s word is CAMPANA, Italian for “bell” or “church bell.”
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Parole Parole: “Ghetto”
Today’s word is GHETTO, from the Italian “getto.”
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Parole Parole: “Merenda”
Today’s word is MERENDA, Italian for “afternoon snack.”
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Parole Parole: “Campare”
Today’s word is CAMPARE, Italian for “to live” or “to survive.”
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Parole Parole: “Contadino”
Today’s word is CONTADINO, Italian for a peasant.
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Parole Parole: “Sbattimento”
Today’s word is SBATTIMENTO, meaning an annoyance.
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Parole Parole: “Bagnomaria”
Today’s word is BAGNOMARIA, the practice of preparing something in a pot by placing it within a larger pot of boiling water.
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Parole Parole: “Allora”
Today’s word is ALLORA, literally “at that time,” but now enriched by many different meanings.
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Parole Parole: “Delirare”
Today’s word is DELIRARE, which means “to go crazy.”
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Parole Parole: “Mah”
Today’s word is MAH, an expressive syllable that is erroneously translated as “well.”
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Parole Parole: “Dialetto”
Today’s word is DIALETTO, Italian for dialect.
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Parole Parole: “Selva”
Today’s word is SELVA. Italian for wilderness, or a dense wood.
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Parole Parole: “Farlocco”
Today’s word is FARLOCCO, Italian for a thief or a forgery.
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Parole Parole: “Estro”
Today’s word is ESTRO, the creative surge needed when searching for inspiration.
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Parole Parole: “Magnifico”
Today’s word is MAGNIFICO, “magnificent” in Italian, also used to address presidents of universities.
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Parole Parole: “Sprovvisto”
Today’s word is SPROVVISTO, that can mean something that is missing, but can also be used in a sentence to underline surprise.
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Parole Parole: “Faccendiere”
Today’s word is FACCENDIERE, Italian for a hustler or a lobbyist, used mostly in political circles.
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Parole Parole: “Figuraccia”
Today’s word is FIGURACCIA, Italian for a gaffe or for making a fool of oneself.
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Parole Parole: “Salve”
Today’s word is SALVE, an Italian greeting that can be used in both formal and colloquial settings.
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Parole Parole: “Vignarola”
Today’s word is VIGNAROLA, a dish originating from the Roman vineyards.
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Parole Parole: “Terrone”
Today’s word is TERRONE, a racial slur aimed at people from the southern end of the country.
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Parole Parole: “Nepotismo”
Today’s word is NEPOTISMO, like its English equivalent “nepotism” it finds historic roots in the Italian peninsula.
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Parole Parole: “Aperitivo”
Today’s word is APERITIVO, the Italian cocktail accompanied by food.
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Parole Parole: “Codesto”
Today’s word is CODESTO, a rare Italian pronoun.
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Parole Parole: “Banca”
Today’s word is BANCA, Italian for “bank.”
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Parole Parole: “Simpatico”
Today’s word is SIMPATICO, a difficult word to translate that means a combination of someone’s niceness, sympathy, pleasantness, etc.
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Parole Parole: “Sprezzatura”
Today’s word is SPREZZATURA, indicating the nonchalanche necessary to make something difficult appear easy.
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Parole Parole: “Struggimento”
Today’s word is STRUGGIMENTO, literally and figuratively signifying something that falls apart or melts away.
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Parole Parole: “Campanilismo”
Today’s word is CAMPANILISMO, the Italian tradition of preferring one’s home town (and its belltower) to any other place.
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Parole Parole: “Schifo”
Today’s word is SCHIFO, meaning “disgusting.”
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Parole Parole: “Rivale”
Today’s word is RIVALE, or – in English – “rival.”
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Parole Parole: “Cornuto”
Today’s word is CORNUTO, literally meaning “cuckold,” but colloquially used as an insult more similar to “son of a bitch.”
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Parole Parole: “Bufala”
Today’s word is BUFALA, meaning a female buffalo, but used mostly to describe fake news.
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