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You can either continue saying ‘the white part of the egg,’ and the ‘yellow part of the egg’ in Italian, or you can take this opportunity to be fancy and use, albume and tuorlo.  Albume = egg white (m. noun) … Continue reading →

Dressed to the nines, that’s what today’s Word of the Day means. In other words, dressed in a very fancy way. Depending on how you use the phrase, it can also mean being overdressed. Gingheri is always used with the … Continue reading →

It’s not often that Italians pay homage to France or French culture. For the most part, Italians mock and frown upon all-things/people-French. But if you’re like me, you’re probably wishing Rome had some French restaurants where you can bathe yourself … Continue reading →

Thanks to the guy sitting next to me on the bus today, (prompting me to look this up), I now know how to say dandruff in Italian: forfora. It comes from the Latin furfur, meaning a bran (Merriam-Webster: “the edible broken … Continue reading →

As you all can imagine, most words in the Italian language come from Latin or other romance languages, with some words occasionally borrowed from German or English. Today’s word of the day comes from… maybe you guessed it already… ARABIC! … Continue reading →

Today’s cute, little word of the day, bis, is a Latin adverb meaning twice. Not surprisingly,  since bi is used across many languages to refer to ‘two’ or ‘twice.’ Bis also has a theatrical meaning: an encore. Used in this way, as an exclamation, … Continue reading →

Coming from the Latin, bauca, a type of round vase used for water or wine, boccia is a bottle, pitcher, or carafe. The Italian noun is used frequently, mostly when referring to a bottle of alcohol or wine. A boccia … Continue reading →

MedFilm Festival 2012: In its 18 edition, the Mediterranean Film Festival, the main festival promoting European and Mediterranean cinema in Italy, lands in Rome. Films from many countries will be shown, including Algeria, Slovenia, Cyprus, Romania, France, and more. The opening ceremony … Continue reading →

Walking the streets of Rome, in any neighborhood, at any time of day, it’s not very hard to hear cuss words. Heck, even at the supermarket I hear people dropping some bombs just because the meat guy gave them prosciutto … Continue reading →