#italian vocabs

[sayitaliano]

Italian names of fingers

HAND'S FINGERS:

The official names are: pollice = thumb indice = forefinger or index medio = middle finger anulare = ring finger mignolo = little finger or pinkie

We learn them easily since when we are kids (something that doesn't happen with foot's fingers). We also learn that "dito" = finger, is masculine at the singular but has a double plural: the masculine plural "diti" can be used only when we refer to one type of finger (eg. "i diti indici" = the index fingers) while when we consider all the fingers of the hand, we use the feminine plural "dita" (eg. "le dita della mano" = the fingers of the hand)

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FOOT'S FINGERS:

The more official name list is the one originating from the Latin digiti pedis (basically the one used in English too):

primo dito = hallux (lat.: digitus primus or hallux) secondo dito = second toe (lat.: digitus secundus) terzo dito = third toe (lat.: digitus tertius) quarto dito = fourth toe (lat.: digitus quartus) quinto dito = fifth toe (lat.: digitus quintus or minimus pedis)

...with the generally accepted exceptions of alluce (also called pollicione or ditone or dito grosso del piede in informal context) for the first finger, and mignolo (or mignolino, again in informal context) for the fifth.

This said, online you can find another list (its names may vary a little tbh, but these are the most common ones):

alluce illice (or melluce) trillice pondolo mellino (or minolo)

This list doesn't seem to be accurate or scientific (source) but it was found since the early years of 2000's used in several occasions and even some non-traditional medicine books.

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[unclepolyglot]

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[unearthitaly]

Pumpkin in Italian Culture and Language

La zucca (pl. le zucche): the pumpkin

Just like tomato, potato and corn, pumpkin is something that we imported in Europe from America. The only variety which is considered indigenous in Europe is the calabash, which was also used by ancient Greeks, Romans and Etruschans.

Pumpkin is something we usually connect with the city of Mantua, given that it's the largest area of pumpkin's production in Italy and a staple of the city is represented by "tortelli alla zucca". This dish was allegedly part of the meals of the Gonzagas, a princely family that ruled the city from 1328 to 1708.

Lately zucca is something "trendy" in Italian cuisine (just like pistachio) and you find it basically in any dish (on Sunday I was in a pizzeria and I found it in the pizza's menù 🤣)

Proverb related to pumpkins:

“Chi dice ottobre dice zucca. E chi dice zucca dice Mantova”

"Who says october means pumpkin. And who says pumpkin means Mantua"

Idioms related to pumpkins:

"Avere sale in zucca" = literally "to have salt inside the pumpkin". It means " to have judgement/common sense" . Pumpkin is used in a metaphorical way to indicate the head, the salt as good judgement;

in a similar sense you can also use "avere la zucca vuota" (lit. "To have an empty pumpkin") meaning "to be brainless",

or "essere una zucca dura" (Lit. "To be a hard pumpkin") meaning "to be stubborn/headstrong".

Curious fact:

As zucca can be used as a metaphor of head, zucca in its plural form (zucche) is a metaphor for t1tt1es 🤣.

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Sara - Unearth Italy. Find me on WordPress, Instagram and X.

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[sayitalianolearns]

Multilingual vocabulary about time

ENG - ITA - FRA - ESP - KOR

time - (il) tempo/(l')ora - (l')heure - (la) hora - 시간

morning - (il) mattino/(la) mattina - (le) matin - (la) mañana - 아침

afternoon - (il) pomeriggio - (l')après-midi - (la) tarde - 점심

evening - (la) sera - (le) soir - (la) tarde/(la) noche - 저녁

night - (la) notte - (la) nuit - (la) noche - 밤

noon/midday - (il) mezzogiorno - (le) midi - (el) mediodía - 정오

midnight - (la) mezzanotte - (le) minuit - (la) medianoche - 자정

early - presto - de bonne heure - temprano - 일찍

late - tardi - tard - tarde - 늦게

soon - presto - bientôt - pronto - 곧

later - dopo/più tardi - plus tard - más tarde - 나중에

now - adesso/ora - maintenant - ahora - 지금/이제

when...? - quando...? - quand...? - cuando...? - 언제…?

what time is it? - che ore sono? - quelle heure est-il? - qué hora es? - 몇 시예요?

hour - ora - heure - hora - 시

minute - minuto - minute - minuto - 분

second - secondo - seconde - segundo - 초

it's seven o'clock - sono le sette (in punto) - il est sept heures - son las siete (en punto) - 일곱시예요

it's seven fifteen/it's a quarter past seven - sono le sette e un quarto - il est sept heures et quart - son las siete y cuarto/y quince - 일곱시 십오분이에요

it's half past seven/it's seven thirty - sono le sette e mezza/sono le sette e trenta - il est sept heures trente/il est sept heures et demie - son las siete y media - 일곱시 반이에요 / 일곱시 삼십분이에요

it's a quarter to seven - manca un quarto alle sette/sono le sette meno un quarto - il est sept heures moins le quart - son las siete meno cuarto - 일곱시 십오분 전이에요

it's seven a.m. - sono le sette di mattina - il est sept heures du matin - son las siete de la mañana - 오전 일곱시에요

it's seven p.m. - sono le sette di sera - il est sept heures du soir - son las siete de la tarde/noche - 오후 일곱시에요

in 30 seconds - in 30 secondi - en/dans 30 secondes - en/dentro de treinta segundos - 삼십초 안에

in two minutes - in due minuti - en/dans deux minutes - en/dentro de dos minutos - 이분 안에

in one hour - in un'ora - en/dans une heure - en/dentro de una hora - 한시간 안에

in fifteen minutes/in a quarter of an hour - in quandici minuti/in un quarto d'ora - en/dans quinze minutes/dans un quart d'heure - en/dentro de quince minutos - 십오분 안에

in half an hour/in thirthy minutes - in mezz'ora/in trenta minuti - en/dans trente minutes/dans une demie-heure - en/dentro de treinta minutos - 삼십분 안에

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[mortola]

hey im new to language learning on tumblr but can anyone rec me the best way out of romance languages? like what non-romance lang to start learning if ik or am already working on like spanish french portuguese?

#someone told me spanish to arabic is easy but obviously ‘easy’ is a false concept in language learning lmao #but other than like catalan or romanian or italian im running out of languages to be adding to the resume #and i feel like at a certain piint it’s just memorizing vocab differences and like 600+ verb tenses #like whats something i’ll reasonably be able to pronounce w/in the bounds of being decent at french pronounciation? but is built different #than a romance lang? #arabic? fuckin ancient greek?? #language learning #langblr

[selfstudyblr]

Multilingual Lists

Days of the week in Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese

Lunes, lunedì, segunda-feira

Martes, martedì, terça-feira

Miércoles, mercoledì, quarta-feira

Jueves, giovedì, quinta-feira

Viernes, venerdì, sexta-feira

Sábado, sabato, sábado

Domingo, domenica, domingo

Months of the year in Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese

Enero, gennaio, janeiro

Febrero, febbraio, fevereiro

Marzo, marzo, março

Abril, abrile, abril

Mayo, maggio, maio

Junio, giungio, junho

Julio, luglio, julho

Agosto, agosto, agosto

Septiembre, settembre, setembro

Octubre, ottobre, outubro

Noviembre, novembre, novembro

Diciembre, dicembre, dezembro

Seasons in Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese

El invierno, l’inverno, o inverno

La primavera, la primavera, a primavera

El verano, l’estate, o verão

El otoño, l’autunno, o outono

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[ltmidnights-resources]

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Daily tasks to improve your studies

Challenge list

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[katriniac]

Silvio hates your wedding customs.

... not all the customs. Just one:

The DOLLAR DANCE

Picture it:

Silvio and Emma emerge from the wedding ceremony and go straight to the reception. It's all taking place in Rhodolite, because she told asked him.

That means Rhodolite customs are taking place.

When the emcee announces the "dollar dance", Silvio is at the open bar getting his drink refilled, so he doesn't take much notice.

Until men begin lining up to dance with the bride. His bride.

Silvio stares in disgust as the first man has the gall to slip paper money into her sleeve at the wrist. They begin to waltz.

"What. The. Fu--?? Hold my drink. Nah, on second thought --" He slams the liquor back, crassly wipes his lips, and stalks towards the dance floor.

Now the next man in line is putting a rolled-up bill under Emma's hem at the top of her shoulder.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

A few tumbled chairs, many foreign swear words, and one broken wrist later, Emma is explaining at the top-of-lungs what this wedding custom is all about.

Silvio matches her volume and stubbornness in refuting the fact that the custom is "stupid" and that she should know "no one gets to throw money at you except me".

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Amid the quietly stunned guests , Clavis gleefully puts a wad of cash in Nokto's palm.

Luke: " Why're you so happy to be forking over cash? Didn't you just loose the bet that Silvio would go ballistic over the dollar dance?"

Clavis: "Ah, yes, yes. I took that bet gladly, and raised the ante so high that Nokto couldn't refuse. I knew if this much money was on the line, he'd make certain the dollar dance would be at the reception."

Nokto: "A pleasure doing business with you."

Luke: *confused baby bear*

Clavis: *shrugs, guffaws* A nice, normal wedding dance is boring. Boring, boring, boring. The bribe -- er, I mean friendly wager -- was a way to ensure the occasion would hold some excitement!

#I always imagine Silvio having the absolute worst most salacious curse words in his vocab because of his merchant/pirate friends #mostly Italian and Greek #and lots of Portuguese and Spanish #probably some French #he sprinkles them in his conversations like raisins on top of oatmeal #ikepri silvio #he's definitely some combination of Mediterranean and Latin in my headcanon #ikemen prince silvio #silvio ricci

[una-ragazza-con-un-flauto]

Capodanno / New Year

VOCAB LIST: Italiano English

Buon anno! Happy New Year!

Duemila ventiquattro Two thousand and twenty four / twenty twenty four

Festa Party

Festeggiare To celebrate

Fuochi d’artificio Fireworks

Gennaio January

Mezzanotte Midnight

Salute! Cheers!

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[wes-breaks-your-kneecaps]

What I've learned today in Italian through watching Minecraft (1)

Video itself

20 Italian words

Da quanto tempo - long time (no see), been a while, when was the last time (...)

Stare - stand (still), stay (there)

Gigantesco - gigantic, huge

L'oggetto - thing, subject, item

Ovviamente - of course, obviously

Gradito - pleasant, welcome (gift), appreciated

L'incantamento - enchantment

Ufficialmente - officially, formally

La roba - thing, stuff, something

L'attacco - an attack

Comunque - in any case

Inoltre - in addition, furthermore, besides

Il nemico - enemy

Nemico - hostile, enemy

La somma - sum, amount, result, outcome

Eccettera - etc.

Il fuoco - Fire (including fire the element, fire the disaster, flame, stove, campfire, gunfire)

L'eroe - hero

L'ampolla - ampoule, vial, flask

La sfida - challenge, contest, match, showdown

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[sayitaliano]

Valentine's day/Love vocabulary

l'amore [n.] = love amore [n.] = love (as a nickname: *my* love, use no article in this occasion) innamorato/a = sb in love, lover la passione = passion un bacio = a kiss un abbraccio = a hug una carezza = a caress l’attrazione = the attraction la relazione = relationship la felicità = happiness la gioia = joy (also as nickname when without the article) la passione = passion la dichiarazione *d’amore* = *love* declaration

amare = to love innamorarsi = to fall in love uscire con qualcuno/frequentare qualcuno = to date someone tenersi per mano = holding hands sedurre/tentare = to seduce/ to tempt tradire/ingannare = to cheat/ betray someone scaricare qualcuno = to dump sb flirtare = to flirt (pronounced as in English + Italian "are" at the end) avere una cotta/un debole per qualcuno = to have a crush on sb (also: you like sb = ti piace qualcuno) adorare = to adore abbracciare = to hug essere fidanzati (ufficialmente) = to be engaged fare l’occhiolino/ammiccare = to wink chiedere di uscire/chiedere un appuntamento = to ask on a date baciare = to kiss someone/something baciarsi = to kiss each other sposare = to marry essere sposato/a = to be married sposarsi = to get married slang: limonare = to make out

il matrimonio = wedding  l'appuntamento = the date [noun] il cuore = heart i cioccolatini = praline, chocolate candy le rose = roses i fiori = flowers un mazzo (un bouquet) di fiori = a bouquet of flowers un regalo, un pensiero = a gift la fidanzata, la morosa = girlfriend     il fidanzato, il moroso = boyfriend il compagno/la compagna = girlfriend/boyfriend (mostly for adults) giorno di San Valentino = Valentine’s Day civetta = a girl who likes to flirt (not used very much anymore) cascamorto = a boy who likes to flirt cupido = cupid l'amante = lover (secret, cheater/3rd party in particular)

caro/a – dear, beloved (adj. as well as a nickname) bellezza, bello – cutie, handsome (to a male) bello/a – beautiful, handsome tesoro, dolcezza – darling, sweetheart (adj. and a nickname) dolce = sweet (also as noun: dessert) tenero/a = tender romantico/a = romantic

mi piaci = I like you ti amo, ti voglio bene = I love you mi manchi = I miss you ti amerò per sempre = I will love you forever. amore a prima vista / colpo di fulmine = Love at first sight. non posso vivere senza te = I can’t live without you Buon San Valentino = Happy Valentine’s Day festeggeremo con una cenetta romantica = We’ll celebrate with a romantic dinner un pensiero per te = A gift (thought) for you

More nicknames (no articles):

tesoro = *my* treasure cucciolo/cucciola, cucciolotto/cucciolotta = *my* pet, little pet topolino/topolina = little mouse (mio) caro/(mia) cara = (my) dear/darling piccola/piccolo, bimba/bimbo = little one, baby bambola = doll biscottino/biscottina = little biscuit micino/micina, gattino/gattina = kitty maialino/maialina = little pig tigrotto/tigrotta = little tiger momo/moma from “amoro” and “amora” (”amore” in a made up male/female version) = *my* love (in a cute way) ami/amo (or “amy”) = diminutive of “amore” (still cute) tato/tata (patato/patata, patatino/patatina) = dear (potato) orsacchiotto/orsacchiotta = teddy bear

… and I guess most of the cute animals’/cookies’/sweet stuff’s diminutives, as far as your imagination can take you! (The first 4/5 words work also in mother/son or grandma/nephew relationships, while probably the others are mostly used among partners)

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[daily-french-words]

harangue : nf. discours sérieux prononcé devant une assemblée ou une personnalité importante.

ex : Le général prononce une harangue devant ses soldats pour les motiver.

2/10 (at least I think? I'd never heard it before, but it might depend on the region you're in).

oration : a formal public speech delivered on a special occasion.

As always, harangue also exists in English with the exact same writing, but I translated it with something else because translation is hell!

It can also be used in a more familiar context, and in that case would refer to a boring or overly formal lecture, generally used as a negative term.

This one was borrowed from Italian! From arringa, "public speech" and earlier than that from arringo, "arena". These forms date back from around the 1300s, and interestingly enough, seem to come from the Gothic words hriggs and hring (earlier form), "circle, ring" (which may also be at the origin of the current English word ring).

#what do you MEAN i'm obsessed with etymology #who? #me? #i would never #hahahahahahahahaha #(help) #anyways um there may be mistakes for the italian origins? #i've seen both words written with one r and other times with two so i'm gonna assume it's a history thing? #if you ever see a mistake don't hesitate to tell me so i can fix it!!!! #i'd hate to misinform by accident #anyways tag time #french #harangue #french words #main #daily #daily french word #french vocab #french vocabulary #have a good day #WHY IS IT SO COLD IN THIS FUCKING LIBRARY I'M SUEING THEM #if i stop posting before the 160 mark it means i froze to death o7

[sayitalianolearns]

Again another multilingual vocabulary! This time all about numbers. Seen that Korean has two different counting ways (Sino-Korean and Korean -this latter works only to 99), I won't probably add Russian this time either (sorry Russian, but I can still easily count to 10 and I might add that in the comments). Let's start!

ENG - ITA - FRA - ESP - KOR

NUMBERS - (i) NUMERI - (les) NOMBRES - (los) NUMEROS - 민수기

0 - zero - zero - zéro - cero - 공 / 영 1 - one - uno - un - uno - 일 / 하나 2 - two - due - deux - dos - 이 / 둘 3 - three - tre - trois - tres - 삼 / 셋 4 - four - quattro - quatre - cuatro - 사 / 넷 5 - five - cinque - cinq - cinco - 오 / 다섯 6 - six - sei - six - seis - 육 / 여섯 7 - seven - sette - sept - siete - 칠 / 일곱 8 - eight - otto - huit - ocho - 팔 / 여덟 9 - nine - nove - neuf - nueve - 구 / 아홉 10 - ten - dieci - dix - diez - 십 / 열

11 - eleven - undici - onze - once - 십일 / 열하나 12 - twelve - dodici - douze - doce - 십이 / 열둘 13 - thirteen - tredici - treize - trece - 십삼 / 열셋 14 - fourteen - quattordici - quatorze - catorce - 십사 / 열넷 15 - fifteen - quindici - quinze - quince - 십오 / 열다섯 16 - sixteen - sedici - seize - dieciséis - 십육 / 열여섯 17 - seventeen - diciassette - dix-sept - diecisiete - 십칠 / 열일곱 18 - eighteen - diciotto - dix-huit - dieciocho - 십팔 / 열여덟 19 - nineteen - diciannove - dix-neuf - diecinueve - 십구 / 열아홉

20 - twenty - venti - vingt - veinte - 이십 / 스물 21 - twenty one - ventuno - vingt-et-un - veinteuno - 이십일 / 스물하나 22 - twenty two - ventidue - vingt-deux - veintedós - 이십이 / 스물둘

30 - thirty - trenta - trente - treinta - 삼십 / 서른 40 - forty - quaranta - quarante - cuarenta - 사십 / 마흔 50 - fifty - cinquanta - cinquante - cincuenta - 오십 / 쉰 60 - sixty - sessanta - soixante - sesenta - 육십 / 예순 70 - seventy - settanta - soixante-dix - setenta - 칠십 / 일흔 80 - eighty - ottanta - quatre-vingt - ochenta - 팔십 / 여든 90 - ninenty - novanta - quatre-vingt-dix - noventa - 구십 / 아흔

100 - hundred - cento - cent - cien - 백 1000 - thousand - mille - mille - mil - 천 10'000 - ten thousand - diecimila - dix-mille - diez mil - 만

#polyglot #languages #korean #english #italian #spanish #french #numbers #numeri #numeros #nombres #vocabs #vocabulary

[zaggyzoo]

another crazy day at work 👍

#is it just me or does it take soooooo much patience working retail fjfjvjjvjv #it's sooo hard when there's the customers who don't speak neither italian or english a little bit just french and i can understand it but #not speak it bc i forget all the vocabs and they don't have enough money and there's only so many times i can say CINQUANTE EURÓS #while met with a complete blank stare without going insane #no but seriously if you ever find out last moment you don't have enough money it's no big deal just say it to the cashier before they start! #so we can figure out what to do before rather than have to take back stuff #anyway i realise now i said après when i actually wanted to say before but there was no need to act like i was saying something #undecipherable like come on ma'am. work with me. use that skill of deduction please

[heikeee]

I'm watching FMA brotherhood and everytime someone pops up (like nina or hughes) i get soooo sad bc I've read the manga so i know what awaits me...

#funny thing is our amazon prime is set in italy and vpn doesnt work so im forced to watch it with italian subtitles #ngl it's been helping me gain some vocab

[lau-and-history]

Vocaboli

lavoro donneschi - Frauenarbeit - women’s work

godere di qc - sich über etw. freuen, etw. genießen - to enjoy e.g.: Donne godevano di autorità politica. - Frauen genießen politische Authorität. - Women enjoy political authority.

vistoso - beträchtlich, auffällig - considerable, conspicuous

la carica - das Amt - the office, the post

lo scettro - das Zepter - the scepter

talvolta - manchmal - sometimes

sagacemente - scharfsinnig, klug - clever, astute

la sommossa - der Aufstand, der Aufruhr - the revolt, the uprising

il saccheggio - die Plünderung - the looting

l’amarezza (f) - die Bitterkeit, die Verbitterung - the bitterness

#Vocab from the Italian text I read the other day #langblr #italian vocab #italian langblr #studyinglaurel #laurelwreathitalian