INFINITO: A Translation Marathon
- Literature
Celebrating Leopardi’s poem with Jonathan Galassi, Luigi Ballerini, and NYU students
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Topic: Italian Society
- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Merenda”
Today’s word is MERENDA, Italian for “afternoon snack.”
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- History & Politics
Arbëreshë, an ‘Anthropological Miracle’
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- History & Politics
Arbëreshë (Peppa Marriti Band)
The Italo-Albanian Communities of Southern Italy
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- Parole Parole
Parole Parole: “Campare”
Today’s word is CAMPARE, Italian for “to live” or “to survive.”
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Parole Parole: “Contadino”
Today’s word is CONTADINO, Italian for a peasant.
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Parole Parole: “Sbattimento”
Today’s word is SBATTIMENTO, meaning an annoyance.
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Parole Parole: “Bagnomaria”
Today’s word is BAGNOMARIA, the practice of preparing something in a pot by placing it within a larger pot of boiling water.
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Parole Parole: “Allora”
Today’s word is ALLORA, literally “at that time,” but now enriched by many different meanings.
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Parole Parole: “Delirare”
Today’s word is DELIRARE, which means “to go crazy.”
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Parole Parole: “Mah”
Today’s word is MAH, an expressive syllable that is erroneously translated as “well.”
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Parole Parole: “Dialetto”
Today’s word is DIALETTO, Italian for dialect.
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Parole Parole: “Selva”
Today’s word is SELVA. Italian for wilderness, or a dense wood.
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