INFINITO: A Translation Marathon
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Celebrating Leopardi’s poem with Jonathan Galassi, Luigi Ballerini, and NYU students
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Serie: Parole Parole
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Parole Parole: “Ceffo”
Today’s word is CEFFO, Italian for mug.
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Parole Parole: “Racconto”
Today’s word is RACCONTO, Italian for story or tale.
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Parole Parole: “Bischero”
Today’s word is BISCHERO, Italian for tuning peg, Tuscan for stupid.
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Parole Parole: “Pagliaccio”
Today’s word is PAGLIACCIO, Italian for clown.
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Parole Parole: “Tremendo”
Today’s word is TREMENDO, Italian for terrible, or horrific, and not – as one would imagine – tremendous.
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Parole Parole: “Omertà”
Today’s word is OMERTÀ, the code of silence enacted by a community in the face of organized crime.
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Parole Parole: “Polpettone”
Today’s word is POLPETTONE, which literally means “meatloaf,” but is also used figuratively.
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Parole Parole: “Paraculo”
Today’s word is PARACULO, applied to those who cleverly look out for themselves.
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Parole Parole: “Schizzo”
Today’s word is SCHIZZO, Italian for sketch, splash, and other meanings.
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Parole Parole: “Zonzo”
Today’s word is ZONZO, Italian for wandering or roaming.
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Parole Parole: “Scena”
Today’s word is SCENA, the Italian word for scene.
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Parole Parole: “Birichino”
Today’s word is BIRICHINO, Italian for a little rascal.
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