An English Voice for Giorgio Bassani’s Poetry
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Translating ‘The Collected Poems’ (Agincourt, 2023)
View details about the event: An English Voice for Giorgio Bassani’s PoetryToday’s word is CAREZZA, Italian for “caress.”
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Carezza”Italian Fashion from A to Z is a 25-episode video series conceived by Grazia d’Annunzio with Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at New York University.
Watch the video: Italian Fashion From A to Z / Ep. 9: N as in Natural, Neo-minimal, Numeral… as in N° 21Italian Fashion from A to Z is a 25-episode video series conceived by Grazia d’Annunzio with Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at New York University.
Watch the video: Italiana Fashion From A to Z / Ep. 8: J as in Joyous, Juicy, jazzy… as in Stella JeanToday’s word is RIBALTA, Italian for overturn, and for a theater proscenium.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Ribalta”Today’s word is SPACCONE, Italian for a blowhard or know-it-all.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Spaccone”Italian Fashion from A to Z is a 25-episode video series conceived by Grazia d’Annunzio with Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at New York University.
Watch the video: Italian Fashion From A to Z / Ep. 3: L as in Luxurious, Lightweight… as in FendiItalian Fashion from A to Z is a 25-episode video series conceived by Grazia d’Annunzio with Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at New York University.
Watch the video: Italian Fashion From A to Z / Ep. 2: A as in A Plus (as in Armani)Today’s word is CILECCA, Italian for “misfiring” or “failing.”
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Cilecca”Italian Fashion from A to Z is a 25-episode video series conceived by Grazia d’Annunzio with Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at New York University.
Watch the video: Italian Fashion From A to Z / Ep. 1: W as in The Five Ws of Italian FashionToday’s word is CALCAGNO, Italian for “heel.”
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Calcagno”Today’s word is GANZO, Italian for something cool.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Ganzo”Today’s word is SGAMARE, Italian for catching someone doing something.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Sgamare”Today’s word is PAZZO, Italian for crazy.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Pazzo”Today’s word is CRAPULA, Italian for excessive eating.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Crapula”Today’s word is GIGIONEGGIARE, Italian for hamming it up, or for being a ham actor.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Gigioneggiare”Today’s word is BARZOTTO, Italian for something in-between states, be it an egg not fully cooked, or a penis not fully erect.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Barzotto”Today’s word is SPIEGARE, the Italian verb “to explain.”
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Spiegare”Today’s word is GODERE, Italian for “experiencing deep pleasure.”
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Godere”Today’s word is FERRO, Italian for iron.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Ferro”Today’s word is SECCHIONE, Italian for a know-it-all, or a nerd.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Secchione”Today’s word is AMBARADAN, Italian for “the whole shebang.”
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Ambaradan”Today’s word is ASSAI, Italian for “a lot.”
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Assai”Today’s word is CHIACCHIERONE, Italian for a chatterbox.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Chiacchierone”Today’s word is SFIZIO, Italian for a treat, or a whim.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Sfizio”Today’s word is CLESSIDRA, Italian for hourglass.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Clessidra”Today’s word is ESAUDIRE, Italian for fulfilling a wish.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Esaudire”Today’s word is TOMBOLA, the traditional Christmas Italian bingo.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Tombola”Today’s word is SPICCIARE, Italian for getting things done, or for hurrying up.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Spicciare”Today’s word is CEFFO, Italian for mug.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Ceffo”Today’s word is RACCONTO, Italian for story or tale.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Racconto”Today’s word is BISCHERO, Italian for tuning peg, Tuscan for stupid.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Bischero”Today’s word is PAGLIACCIO, Italian for clown.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Pagliaccio”Today’s word is TREMENDO, Italian for terrible, or horrific, and not – as one would imagine – tremendous.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Tremendo”Today’s word is OMERTÀ, the code of silence enacted by a community in the face of organized crime.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Omertà”Today’s word is POLPETTONE, which literally means “meatloaf,” but is also used figuratively.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Polpettone”Today’s word is PARACULO, applied to those who cleverly look out for themselves.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Paraculo”Today’s word is SCHIZZO, Italian for sketch, splash, and other meanings.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Schizzo”Today’s word is ZONZO, Italian for wandering or roaming.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Zonzo”Today’s word is BIRICHINO, Italian for a little rascal.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Birichino”Today’s word is BOFONCHIARE, Italian for mumbling and complaining.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Bofonchiare”Today’s word is MINESTRA, Italian for soup.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Minestra”Today’s word is PASTICCIO and other derivations of the word.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Pasticcio”Today’s word is MONELLO, Italian for a brat, someone who is naughty.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Monello”Today’s word is POGO, Italian for a mosh pit.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Pogo”Today’s word is FURFANTE, Italian for a petty thief.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Furfante”Today’s word is SCIOCCO, Italian for silly (but also used to mean “saltless.”)
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Sciocco”Today’s word is SOLFEGGIO.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Solfeggio”Today’s word is ZERBINO, Italian for doormat.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Zerbino”Today’s word is BIZZA, Italian for a tantrum.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Bizza”Today’s word is FORMICOLIO, Italian for a “swarm” or a “tingling sensation.”
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Formicolìo”Today’s word is OTTIMO, Italian for “great,” or “optimal.”
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Ottimo”Today’s word is TAMARRO, Italian for something or someone with very bad taste or vulgar.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Tamarro”Today’s word is FARFALLONE, Italian for the male butterfly, and figurative for a ladies-man.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Farfallone”Today’s word is ZIZZANIA, Italian for weeds, but commonly used to mean ‘discord.’
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Zizzania”Today’s word is MIMOSA, the flower variety traditionally used to celebrate International Women’s Day in Italy.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Mimosa”Today’s word is QUARANTENA, Italian for quarantine.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Quarantena”Michael Meister (St. Mary’s College of California) in conversation with Charles Hilken (St. Mary’s College of California)
Watch the video: Purgatorio 3: Mercy Infinite and UnfathomableToday’s word is CONFETTI, an Italian candy, not to be confused with the English misuse of the word.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Confetti”Today’s words are LIMONARE and POMICIARE, two different verbs for “making out.”
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Limonare / Pomiciare”Today’s word is PANTOFOLAIO, Italian for a couch-potato.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Pantofolaio”Today’s word is CABARET, a form of theater that is slightly different from the anglo-saxon definition of the word.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Cabaret”Today’s word is ABBUFFATA, Italian for eating much more than necessary.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Abbuffata”Today’s word is ROCAMBOLESCO, Italian for exciting, or daredevil-ish.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Rocambolesco”Today’s word is BRIGA, Italian for “trouble,” a word that is commonly used in combination with others.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Briga”Today’s word is RIMBAMBITO, Italian for someone who is confused, or off-kilter.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Rimbambito”Today’s word is SBOLOGNARE, Italian for passing on a task to someone else.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Sbolognare”Today’s word is ACQUA, Italian for “water.”
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Acqua”Today’s word is FIASCO, Italian for “flask” and used everywhere to mean “failure.”
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Fiasco”Today’s word is BIRBANTE, Italian for naughty.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Birbante”Today’s word is GNORRI, Italian for someone willfully playing dumb.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Gnorri”Today’s word is BORBOTTARE, Italian for mumbling, or grumbling.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Borbottare”Today’s word is AZZECCAGARBUGLI, a proper name from Manzoni’s “The Betrothed” that has become a commonly used noun.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Azzeccagarbugli”Today’s word is CANOVACCIO, the plot outline of Commedia dell’Arte theater.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Canovaccio”Today’s word is IMPICCIO, Italian for hindrance.
Watch the video: Parole Parole “Impiccio”Today’s word is INSOMMA, an Italian adverb that changes its meaning according to the speaker’s intonation.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Insomma”Today’s word is MENOMALE, the Italian equivalent of “Thank God.”
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Menomale”Today’s word is PAPARAZZO, an Italian antonomasia derived from Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” to indicate a tabloid photographer.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Paparazzo”Today’s word is PERPETUA, an Italian antonomasia for the female helper of a priest.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Perpetua”Today’s word is ERBORISTERIA, Italian for herbalist.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Erboristeria”Today’s word is MALFATTORE, Italian for evil-doer.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Malfattore”Today’s word is FIFA, Italian for fear.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Fifa”Today’s word is CIANFRUSAGLIE, Italian for useless miscellanea.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Cianfrusaglie”Today’s word is ORA, Italian for “hour” and “now”.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Ora”Today’s word is VIOLA, Italian for violet/purple.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Viola”Today’s word is PIACERE, Italian for pleasure.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Piacere”Today’s word is LAVORO, Italian for work.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Lavoro”Today’s word is CIABATTA, Italian for slipper, a type of bread, and a multiple eletric outlet.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Ciabatta”Today’s word is PISOLINO, Italian for nap.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Pisolino”Today’s word is ABBIOCCO, Italian for post-meal tiredness.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Abbiocco”Today’s word is CINCISCHIARE, Italian for wasting time.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Cincischiare”Today’s word is SCARPETTA, Italian for “little shoe”.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Scarpetta”Today’s word is APPICCICOSO, Italian for “sticky”.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Appiccicoso”Today’s word is CORONA, Italian for “crown”.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Corona”Today’s word is CORTESIA, meaning a courtesy.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Cortesia”Today’s word is SPIFFERO, that usually means a draft.
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Spiffero”Today’s word is OSPITE, Italian for both “host” and “guest.”
Watch the video: Parole Parole: “Ospite”