In Italian "Inoculare", comes from Latin "Inoculatus" (In+Oculus meaning "Eye"). It means as we know these days, "to implant a disease...

A rebel is somebody who participates in a rebellion and generically speaking he who disobeys the authority. "Rebel" in Italian "Ribelle"...

In Italian "Giorno della Memoria. "Memorial" comes from the Latin "Memoria" (Memory) from Sanskrit "Smarami" meaning "I remember". So...

The pronunciation of the digraph "CH" is very different from other languages. It's pronounced "K" ( due to an official lack of the...

It means rough,hard, in English. "Duro" comes from the Latin "Durus", from the Sanskrit "Darunah" (Strong) akin to Greek "Drys" (Oak). In...

It's a Latin word (used also in Italian) that means "to dance". It's the reason of English words like "Ball room" and "Ballet". "Ballo"...

It's an Italian word. I know you didn't know, that's why you have to keep on reading and spread the love.. "Mustache" comes from the...

I'm talking about something that makes everybody happy and miserable simultaneously, and like everything else in nature, too much or too...

It means "Beautiful", "Great", "Handsome, etc in Italian. But ..there is a but. "Bello" comes from the Latin "Bellus", diminutive of...

That's what the Romans used to say:"In wine there is truth". Now the question is"Are water drinking individuals all liars?". It was...

Are you feeling "Blue"after the holidays? We don't have the same expression in Italian but this is an excuse to explain the different ...

Today is Jan the 6th, a public holiday in Italy. We celebrate "La Befana" an old ugly woman who rides a broom to deliver gifts to kids,...

That's how Italians greet each other during this festive season. "Anno" (meaning "year"in English) derives from the Latin word "Annum"...