Word of the Week

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by Silvia Donati | Mon, 09/08/2014 - 11:44

It’s back to school time in Italy! So our Word of the Week is SCUOLA. Not all Italian regions and towns begin school on the same day, and today was the first…

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Word of the Week: VOLARE

by Silvia Donati | Mon, 09/01/2014 - 04:44

Are you dreaming of flying to Italy right now? Perhaps you are indeed about to fly to il bel paese – or, sadly, you have just flown back home. Since summer is…

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Word of the Week: GHIACCIO

by Silvia Donati | Mon, 08/25/2014 - 08:59

The viral ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is on everyone’s social media feeds these days, so this week we thought we’d teach you how to say ice in Italian: ghiaccio.…

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Word of the Week: SOLDI

by Silvia Donati | Mon, 08/18/2014 - 08:49

We know money can’t buy happiness, but at least it can buy a trip to Italy, so this week we teach you how to say money in Italian – soldi. By the way, the…

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Word of the Week: ARIA

by Anonymous (not verified) | Mon, 08/11/2014 - 05:20

In the summer, we like to spend as much time as we can all’aria aperta (in the open air). So we picked aria (air) as our Word of the Week. The word aria…

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Word of the Week: SOLE

by Anonymous (not verified) | Mon, 08/04/2014 - 09:01

Northern Italy hasn’t gotten too much of it this summer yet, but it seems the weather conditions are improving and the sun, il sole, is shining again! Sunrise…

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Word of the Week: Spiaggia

by Katia Amore | Mon, 07/28/2014 - 11:21

Continuing with our summer theme we could not have picked a better word for the current holiday season, Spiaggia, the beach! We already mentioned it…

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Word of the Week: AVVENTURA

by Anonymous (not verified) | Mon, 07/21/2014 - 02:55

Summertime – adventure time? With the nicer weather, we have an increased desire for exploring new places, trying out new things… for adventure – avventura.…

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Word of the Week: MARE

by Anonymous (not verified) | Mon, 07/14/2014 - 09:09

Mare, mare, mare / ma che voglia di arrivare lì da te, da te / sto accelerando e adesso ormai ti prendo / mare, mare, mare… The refrain from a famous 1990s…

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Word of the Week: LUGLIO

by Silvia Donati | Mon, 07/07/2014 - 09:12

[In the photo: Cala Domestica, Sardinia] So you already know the word in Italian for the season we’re in, summer (we told you a couple of weeks ago, but if you…