Daily Italian Words

Imagine biting into a scrumptious-looking ciambella (doughnut), only to discover that something about it isn’t quite right. Maybe it’s uneven, maybe it’s collapsed, or maybe, just maybe, it’s missing that all-important buco (hole) in the middle! (Can a doughnut really be called a doughnut if it’s missing t...

Put together some basilico (basil), pinoli (pine nuts), fresh parmigiano and

Some words in Italian you will hear multiple times during the course of the day, and dopo is one of them. What’s more, it can function, not only as an adverb, but also as a preposition, conjunction, adjective and noun – talk about flexible!

dopo

after / later / next

Have you ever created, designed or written something that you were extremely proud of because you did it all by yourself? If so, today’s Italian idiom is for you!

essere farina del proprio sacco

to be one’s own work

Essere farina del proprio sacco is a frequently used Ita...

Italian has the perfect word to complain about everything: fastidio. A person walks slower than us on the sidewalk and won’t move to the side? Che fastidio. Someone chewing with their mouth open two tables away? Mi dà troppo fastidio. Those high heels that looked so cute in the store but are now de...