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Capitolo 6
Italiano vocabulario
56
Language - Italian
Undergraduate 2
12/01/2011
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Term
La Befana
 Definition
A benecolent witch who brings toys to good children and coal to bad ones (Jan. 6)
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Il Capodanno
 Definition
New Year's Day
Term
Il Carnevale
 Definition
Carnival
Term
celebrare / festeggiare
 Definition
to celebrate
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Il cenone
 Definition
New Year's Eve dinner
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La Colomba
 Definition
Traditional Easter cake in the shape of a dove
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Il discorso
 Definition
Speech
Term

I fuochi artificiali

 

 Definition
Fireworks
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Il martedì grasso
 Definition
Fat Tuesday
Term
Il Mercoledì delle Ceneri
 Definition
Ash Wednesday
Term
Il Natale
 Definition
Christmas
Term
Il pandoro
 Definition
Traditional Christmas cake
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La Pasqua
 Definition
Easter
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Il panettone
 Definition
Traditional Christmas Cake
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Il patrono / La patrona
 Definition
patron
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La Quaresima
 Definition
Lent
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La ricorrenza
 Definition
Yearly Festival
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La sagra
 Definition
Festival
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Il Santo Patrono / La Santa Patrona
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Patron Saint
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La sfilata
 Definition
parade
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Il torrone
 Definition
Traditional Christmas Nougat
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Le uova di Pasqua
 Definition
Chocolate Easter eggs
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l'amuleto
 Definition
amulet
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Il / La chiromante
 Definition
Fortune-teller
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Fare le corna
 Definition
to knock on wood
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In bocca al lupo! / Crepi il lupo!
 Definition
Good luck! / Thank you!
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il malocchio
 Definition
Evil eye
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l'oroscopo
 Definition
horoscope
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portare fortuna
 Definition
to bring goodluck
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portrare sfortuna
 Definition
to bring bad luck
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scaramantico/a
 Definition
superstitious
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la scaramanzia / lo scongiuro
 Definition
superstitious practice
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scongiurare
 Definition
to ward off bad luck
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il soprannaturale
 Definition
supernatural
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il talismano
 Definition
talisman
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toccare ferro
 Definition
to knock on wood
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tramandare
 Definition
to pass down / to transmit
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La cultura contadina
 Definition
peasant culture
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la favola / la fiaba
 Definition
fairy tale / fable
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il folklore
 Definition
folklore
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il gesto
 Definition
gesture
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la giostra
 Definition
merry - go - round
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il luna park
 Definition
amusement park
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le montagne russe
 Definition
roller coaster
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stagionale
 Definition
seasonal
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l'usanza / gli usi / i costumi
 Definition
customs
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Ogni
 Definition
Every (aggetivi)
Term
Ognuno/a
 Definition
everyone, each (pronomi)
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qualche
 Definition
some (aggetivi)
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qualcuno/a
 Definition
someone, some (pronomi)
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qualunque
 Definition
any (aggetivi)
Term
qualcosa
 Definition
something (pronomi)
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qualsiasi
 Definition
any (aggetivi)
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chiunque
 Definition
anyone (pronomi)
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tutto/a
 Definition
all (aggetivi)
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