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Parole Parole: “Figurati”
Today’s word is FIGURATI, an Italian single-word expression signifying contradiction and disbelief.
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Parole Parole: “Bottega”
Today’s word is BOTTEGA, an Italian word with multiple meanings relating to storage and schooling.
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Parole Parole: “Chitarra”
Today’s word is CHITARRA, Italian word for “guitar,” but also a type of pasta.
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Parole Parole: “Cencioso”
Today’s word is CENCIOSO, Italian for “ragged.”
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Parole Parole: “Volentieri”
Today’s word is VOLENTIERI, Italian for “willingly” or “with pleasure.”
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Parole Parole: “Acuto”
Today’s word is ACUTO, the word for “sharp” and for a “high-note”.
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Parole Parole: “Don”
Today’s word is DON, a common title of honor in Italy.
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Parole Parole: “Trasecolare”
Today’s word is TRASECOLARE, Italian for being dumbfounded.
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Parole Parole: “Malmostoso”
Today’s word is MALMOSTOSO, Italian for someone who is grumpy.
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Parole Parole: “Libretto”
Today’s word is LIBRETTO, the booklet of verses for a work of musical theater. Featuring New York City Opera’s Francesca Campagna.
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Parole Parole: “Scialla”
Today’s word is SCIALLA, which means “take it easy”.
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Parole Parole: “Scorciatoia”
Today’s word is SCORCIATOIA, Italian for “shortcut.”
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Parole Parole: “Arrangiarsi”
Today’s word is ARRANGIARSI, Italian for “making due” or “getting by”.
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Parole Parole: “Dissimulazione”
Today’s word is DISSIMULAZIONE, Italian for lie or concealment.
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Parole Parole: “Ferragosto”
Today’s word is FERRAGOSTO, the Italian mid-August holiday.
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Parole Parole: “Biasimare”
Today’s word is BIASIMARE, Italian for “blaming” or “cursing”.
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Parole Parole: “Cattivo”
Today’s word is CATTIVO, Italian for “bad” or “evil”.
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Parole Parole: “Sensibile”
Today’s word is SENSIBILE, that translates to “sensitive”.
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Parole Parole: “Pinzimonio”
Today’s word is PINZIMONIO, an Italian dish of fresh vegetables.
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Parole Parole: “Tifo”
Today’s word is TIFO, Italian for “sport rooting”.
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Parole Parole: “Scarabocchio”
Today’s word is SCARABOCCHIO, Italian for “illegible writing.”
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Parole Parole: “Scemo”
Today’s word is SCEMO, Italian word for “stupid.”
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Parole Parole: “Menzogna”
Today’s word is MENZOGNA, the Italian word for “lie.”
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Parole Parole: “Ragù”
Today’s word is RAGÙ, the Italian ground-beef-based sauce.
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Parole Parole: “Gioia”
Today’s word is GIOIA, the Italian word for “joy” that has many uses.
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Parole Parole: “Incanto”
Today’s word is INCANTO, the Italian word for “enchantment.”
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Parole Parole: “Quaquaraquà”
Today’s word is QUAQUARAQUA’, the phonosymbolic definition of someone who is all words and no action.
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Parole Parole: “Cafoni”
Today’s word is CAFONI, the somewhat Italian equivalent of ‘yokels.’
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Parole Parole: “Maestro”
Today’s word is MAESTRO, Italian for “teacher”.
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Parole Parole: “Boicottare”
Today’s word is BOICOTTARE, Italian for ‘boycotting,’ a word derived from the English.
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Parole Parole: “Magari”
Today’s word is MAGARI, Italian for ‘if only!’ or ‘I wish’.
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Parole Parole: “Imbroglio”
Today’s word is IMBROGLIO, Italian for a ‘scam’ or for ‘cheating.’
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Parole Parole: “La Resistenza”
Today’s word is la RESISTENZA, Italian for the Resistance.
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Parole Parole: “Inciucio”
Today’s word is INCIUCIO. Originally derived from the Neapolitan word for “chit-chat”, it is used today to describe secret political dealmaking.
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Parole Parole: “Scrutinio”
Today’s word is SCRUTINIO, that is used slightly differently in Italian than its English counterpart, “scrutinize”.
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Parole Parole: “Qualunquismo”
Today’s word is QUALUNQUISMO, the Italian word for an anti-political political movement.
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Parole Parole: “Ballottaggio”
Today’s word is BALLOTTAGGIO, the Italian word for “counting ballots.”
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Parole Parole: “Parolaio”
Today’s word is PAROLAIO, the Italian word for “windbag.”
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Parole Parole: “Pesce”
Today’s word is PESCE, the Italian word for “fish.”
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Parole Parole: “Merda”
Today’s word is MERDA, the Italian word for “shit,” but also the good luck cheer among performers.
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Parole Parole: “A ufo”
Today’s word is A UFO (or A UFA), the Italian word for “free and limitless”.
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Parole Parole: “Scrupolo”
Today’s word is SCRUPOLO, the Italian word for a doubt.
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Parole Parole: “Sbirro”
Today’s word is SBIRRO, the Italian word for cop, but slightly worse.
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Parole Parole: “Ombra”
Today’s word is OMBRA, the Italian word for shadow.
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Parole Parole: “Bacchettona”
Today’s word is BACCHETTONA, the Italian word for a strict and severe person.
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Parole Parole: “Borgata”
Today’s word is BORGATA, the Italian word for the working class city outskirts.
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Parole Parole: “Bislacco”
Today’s word is BISLACCO, the Italian equivalent of “bizarre”.
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Parole Parole: “Tranquillo”
Today’s word is TRANQUILLO, the Italian equivalent of “chill”.
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