Accademia Verdiana in New York
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Topic: Italian Society
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Parole Parole: “Bizza”
Today’s word is BIZZA, Italian for a tantrum.
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Parole Parole: “Formicolìo”
Today’s word is FORMICOLIO, Italian for a “swarm” or a “tingling sensation.”
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Parole Parole: “Ottimo”
Today’s word is OTTIMO, Italian for “great,” or “optimal.”
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Parole Parole: “Tamarro”
Today’s word is TAMARRO, Italian for something or someone with very bad taste or vulgar.
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Parole Parole: “Farfallone”
Today’s word is FARFALLONE, Italian for the male butterfly, and figurative for a ladies-man.
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Parole Parole: “Zizzania”
Today’s word is ZIZZANIA, Italian for weeds, but commonly used to mean ‘discord.’
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Parole Parole: “Mimosa”
Today’s word is MIMOSA, the flower variety traditionally used to celebrate International Women’s Day in Italy.
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Parole Parole: “Quarantena”
Today’s word is QUARANTENA, Italian for quarantine.
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- Canto per Canto
Purgatorio 3: Mercy Infinite and Unfathomable
Michael Meister (St. Mary’s College of California) in conversation with Charles Hilken (St. Mary’s College of California)
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Parole Parole: “Confetti”
Today’s word is CONFETTI, an Italian candy, not to be confused with the English misuse of the word.
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Parole Parole: “Limonare / Pomiciare”
Today’s words are LIMONARE and POMICIARE, two different verbs for “making out.”
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Parole Parole: “Pantofolaio”
Today’s word is PANTOFOLAIO, Italian for a couch-potato.
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Parole Parole: “Cabaret”
Today’s word is CABARET, a form of theater that is slightly different from the anglo-saxon definition of the word.
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Parole Parole: “Abbuffata”
Today’s word is ABBUFFATA, Italian for eating much more than necessary.
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Parole Parole: “Rocambolesco”
Today’s word is ROCAMBOLESCO, Italian for exciting, or daredevil-ish.
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Parole Parole: “Briga”
Today’s word is BRIGA, Italian for “trouble,” a word that is commonly used in combination with others.
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Parole Parole: “Rimbambito”
Today’s word is RIMBAMBITO, Italian for someone who is confused, or off-kilter.
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Parole Parole: “Sbolognare”
Today’s word is SBOLOGNARE, Italian for passing on a task to someone else.
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Parole Parole: “Acqua”
Today’s word is ACQUA, Italian for “water.”
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Parole Parole: “Fiasco”
Today’s word is FIASCO, Italian for “flask” and used everywhere to mean “failure.”
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Parole Parole: “Birbante”
Today’s word is BIRBANTE, Italian for naughty.
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Parole Parole: “Gnorri”
Today’s word is GNORRI, Italian for someone willfully playing dumb.
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Parole Parole: “Borbottare”
Today’s word is BORBOTTARE, Italian for mumbling, or grumbling.
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Parole Parole: “Azzeccagarbugli”
Today’s word is AZZECCAGARBUGLI, a proper name from Manzoni’s “The Betrothed” that has become a commonly used noun.
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Parole Parole: “Canovaccio”
Today’s word is CANOVACCIO, the plot outline of Commedia dell’Arte theater.
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Parole Parole “Impiccio”
Today’s word is IMPICCIO, Italian for hindrance.
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Parole Parole: “Insomma”
Today’s word is INSOMMA, an Italian adverb that changes its meaning according to the speaker’s intonation.
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Parole Parole: “Menomale”
Today’s word is MENOMALE, the Italian equivalent of “Thank God.”
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Parole Parole: “Paparazzo”
Today’s word is PAPARAZZO, an Italian antonomasia derived from Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” to indicate a tabloid photographer.
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Parole Parole: “Perpetua”
Today’s word is PERPETUA, an Italian antonomasia for the female helper of a priest.
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Parole Parole: “Erboristeria”
Today’s word is ERBORISTERIA, Italian for herbalist.
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Parole Parole: “Malfattore”
Today’s word is MALFATTORE, Italian for evil-doer.
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Parole Parole: “Fifa”
Today’s word is FIFA, Italian for fear.
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Parole Parole: “Cianfrusaglie”
Today’s word is CIANFRUSAGLIE, Italian for useless miscellanea.
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Parole Parole: “Ora”
Today’s word is ORA, Italian for “hour” and “now”.
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Parole Parole: “Viola”
Today’s word is VIOLA, Italian for violet/purple.
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Parole Parole: “Piacere”
Today’s word is PIACERE, Italian for pleasure.
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Parole Parole: “Lavoro”
Today’s word is LAVORO, Italian for work.
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Parole Parole: “Ciabatta”
Today’s word is CIABATTA, Italian for slipper, a type of bread, and a multiple eletric outlet.
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Parole Parole: “Pisolino”
Today’s word is PISOLINO, Italian for nap.
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Parole Parole: “Abbiocco”
Today’s word is ABBIOCCO, Italian for post-meal tiredness.
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Parole Parole: “Cincischiare”
Today’s word is CINCISCHIARE, Italian for wasting time.
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Parole Parole: “Scarpetta”
Today’s word is SCARPETTA, Italian for “little shoe”.
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Parole Parole: “Appiccicoso”
Today’s word is APPICCICOSO, Italian for “sticky”.
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Parole Parole: “Corona”
Today’s word is CORONA, Italian for “crown”.
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Parole Parole: “Cortesia”
Today’s word is CORTESIA, meaning a courtesy.
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Parole Parole: “Spiffero”
Today’s word is SPIFFERO, that usually means a draft.
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Parole Parole: “Ospite”
Today’s word is OSPITE, Italian for both “host” and “guest.”
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