I am back sharing my beautiful language with my list of words of the month. If you have been following my blog you should recognize many Italian words from my January and February’s posts.
A little note to apologize for my list looking waving. I cannot figure out how to use the tab command on this blog site. If any of you know how, please help me!
PAROLE ITALIANE
FOOD
Minestrone Minestrone – a vegetable based soup
Biscotti All kind of hard cookies
Befanini Tuscan biscotti
Calzoni pizza dough stuffed with mozzarella,
ricotta and salame. Baked
Panzerotti similar to calzone, stuffed with mozzarella
and tomatoes. Deep fried
Charlotte di pere pear pie
Crostata fruit tart
Pizzetta fritta fried small pizza
Pastacresciuta fried leavened dough
Pomodori tomatoes
Crocche di patate potatoes croquet
Torta cake
Pere pears
Torta Caprese flourless chocolate cake
typical of Capri
Ripieno stuffing
Chiacchiere strips of dough, deep-fried
Sanguinaccio thick chocolate custard
ABOUT FOOD
Friggitoria local shop selling deep
fried food
Colazione breakfast
Pranzo lunch
Cena dinner/supper
Al forno oven baked
Forno a legna wood oven
Fritto deep-fried
Dieta diet
Dieta Mediterranea Mediterranean Diet
GREETINGS
Buon San Valentino Happy Valentine’s day
HOLIDAYS
Epifania Epiphany
Befana Old good witch of the Epiphany
San Valentino Valentine’s day
Festa degli Innamorati Valentine’s day
Carnevale Carnival – Mardi Gras
Martedì Grasso Fat Tuesday
Mercoledì delle ceneri Ash Wednesday
Quaresima Lent
Pasqua Easter
GENERAL
Poesia poem
Gruppo Cultura Italian Italian Group for Culture
Inverno Winter
Calza sock – stocking
Letterina short letter
Stile di vita lifestyle
Funicolare funicular railway
Segreto secret
Maschere masks – Also the traditional
characters of Carnival
Coriandoli e stelle filanti confetti and streamers
Rinascimento Renaissance
Ballo in maschera Masquerade ball
Commedia dell” Arte Comedy of crafts
Una bonta a delicacy
Calle narrow streets in Venice
Buonissimo extremely good
Here you have it, a full list of words for you to practice.
Which is your favorite Italian word?
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