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More Favorite Italian Words

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It has been awhile since we have had an installment on favorite Italian words.

Favorite is such a subjective concept, really. Some words can be favorites because of a hidden meaning.  Others due to the way they feel or sound in your mouth.  And favorites can also be phrases, food or slang Italian words.

And as my learning (and Italian memoir reading) continues, there will no doubt be tons more words to add to my list.

You can read previous posts about Italian words here

Here are some additional favorites, in no particular order:

abbastanza (or basta!) –  enough

fLa Biennaleormaggio – cheese

finestrino – small window

correggere – to correct

squisito – exquisite

bacio – kiss

soggiorno – stay

dolcetto –  type of wine

abbracci – hugs, embrace

orecchiette – ear-shaped pasta

domattina – tomorrow morning

pagliacci – clowns

affogato – technically means drowned, but it’s also a fab dessert of gelato drowned in espresso.

cameriere – waiter

ti amo – i love you

chiacchiericcio – chit-chat, gossip

dolorosamente – painfully

carabinieri – National police of Italy

poggibonsi – a Tuscan town

torta – cake, tart

brava – good (feminine form)

Wow.  That’s alotta words.

Now it’s your turn to wax poetic about some of your favorites!  You know what to do in the comments…

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