Italian word of the day

[SueB]

Since I got confused between "ottima" and "ottava" the other day, I was thinking maybe I'd start a little Italian vocabulary thread just for fun.

Today's word:

Ognisanti (or Ognissanti - I see it spelled both ways) = All Saints, the Italian equivalent to Halloween. Though I don't know if it's celebrated on Oct 31 or not. I know it's often celebrated on Nov 1 or 2.

Also, bonus word - compleanno = birthday. Since It happens to be mine :D Hope Juve gives me a present tomorrow.

I might include soccer-related words in the future. Or maybe have a separate Italian soccer terminology thread. Either way, if you have a word, feel free to add it.

[bestianera]

Buon compleanno! :) I'm a Scorpio too (and so is Juventus,I'm told)
I don't think it's correct to compare any italian festivity to Halloween,but in that case my guess is that it should be the (ex-)festivity where all the deceased were remembered (in my family the day is called "tutti i morti" or "il giorno dei morti"). It's either on the 1st or 2nd November - since I'm not the religious kind I've never been able to imprint the date firmly in my memory and always confuse it with Ognissanti

In the last decade or so Halloween has started to be "celebrated" in Italy too -mainly as an excuse for discos to have a midweek full house,or for kids to dress up like Carnival. Just another sign of colonization

[Scotty]

Paesi che vai...

[bestianera]

the longest word of italian vucabulary is...?

[MarioKempes]

SueB,

Are you really Italian? Or perhaps Italian-American? Or perhaps just a student of the Italian language and Italy?

Arrivaderci

[Treetaliano]

e io? e' anche il mio compleanno (e' gia 1 Novembre qui) ...grazie per gli auguri lo stesso :D


bestianera:

particolareggiatissimamente (27 lettere)


oppure

precipitevolissimevolmente (26 lettere)

[kotzunder]

Originally posted by bestianera
Just another sign of colonization

at least it's not violent physically, though it lets u sleep

[jngugi19]

Sue,
your birthday is the same as one of football's greats...

[Kqql]

Mama Mia.

[SueB]

Happy Birthday, Treetaliano.

Whose birthday is on the 31st? I know Maradona's is the 30th.

As for Mario Kempes' questions ...

Nope, I have not a drop of Italian heritage! However, my children do. As such, yes, I'm a student of the Italian language and Italy. Very much an early learner. I think you can't be otherwise without living there, which I don't.

My word today is "clou". There is not even a definition of it given in the Italian/English dictionary I have, but an example given is "il clou della serrata", meaning the "highlight of the evening".

It's commonly used to refer to the biggest match of the week. For example, the "match clou" of this week's round of games is (obviously) Milan-Juventus.

[bestianera]

Sue...you never took lessons in french,did you? :p

[bestianera]

Originally posted by Treetaliano
e io? e' anche il mio compleanno (e' gia 1 Novembre qui) ...grazie per gli auguri lo stesso :D


bestianera:

particolareggiatissimamente (27 lettere)


oppure

precipitevolissimevolmente (26 lettere) mmmh.impressive. I only knew about precipitevolissimevolmente

now...the italian word containing ALL the vowels?

[kotzunder]

Originally posted by bestianera
mmmh.impressive. I only knew about precipitevolissimevolmente

now...the italian word containing ALL the vowels?
AIUOLE !!! (flowerbeds)

:D

[SueB]

Originally posted by bestianera
Sue...you never took lessons in french,did you? :p

Nope, only ever Spanish, Welsh, German and Italian. So I suppose it's a French word? But it WAS in my Italian dictionary. And what of "match"?!

[Treetaliano]

Originally posted by bestianera
now...the italian word containing ALL the vowels?

ci sono tante...

tubazione
maiuscole
sequoia
aquilone
automezzi
educatori
illustratore
punzecchiando
contrappuntiste

[kotzunder]

Originally posted by Kqql
Mama Mia.

it's mamMa mia anyway

[kotzunder]

Originally posted by Treetaliano
contrappuntiste
what does it mean?

[bestianera]

Originally posted by Treetaliano
ci sono tante...

tubazione
maiuscole
sequoia
aquilone
automezzi
educatori
illustratore
punzecchiando
contrappuntiste alright,you're cheating

[bestianera]

Originally posted by SueB
Nope, only ever Spanish, Welsh, German and Italian. So I suppose it's a French word? But it WAS in my Italian dictionary. And what of "match"?! well,if your husband is considered american,i guess you can call "clou" an italian word. They're both recently imported ;)

same for "file",since there's no italian word for it,unless Treetaliano comes up with something again

[kotzunder]

Originally posted by bestianera

same for "file",since there's no italian word for it
according to babylon it could be SCHEDA ...i guess its a correct translation