Chpt 6
Terms
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- affacciarsi
- to face
- alcuni
- some, a few
- altro
- other, another
- amuleto
- amulet
- antenati
- ancestors
- attirare
- to attract
- Befana
- a benevolent witch who brings toys to good children and coal to bad ones on January 6 (Epiphany)
- burattino
- puppet
- Capodanno
- New Year's Day
- Carnevale
- Carnival
- celebrare
- to celebrate
- Cenone
- New Year's Eve Dinner
- certo
- certain
- chiromante
- fortune-teller
- chiunque
- anyone
- ciascuno
- each, each one
- ciondolo
- pendant
- colomba
- traditional Easter cake in the shape of a dove
- contrada
- town district (in Siena)
- costumi
- customs
- cultura contadina
- peasant culture
- debole
- weak
- demolire
- to demolish
- dirigersi (pp diretto)
- to head for, to head towards
- discorso
- speech
- diverso
- various,different
- esaurire
- to run out/to exhaust
- evolvere (pp evoluto)
- to evolve
- fare le corna
- to knock on wood
- fastidioso
- annoying
- fata
- fairy
- favola
- fairy tale
- festeggiare
- to celebrate
- fiaba
- fable
- filo
- string
- folklore
- folklore
- frittelle
- fritters
- fuochi artificiali
- fireworks
- gesto
- gesture
- giostra
- merry-go-round, ride (at amusement park)
- giungere (pp. giunto)
- to arrive, to join
- grillo
- cricket
- guarire
- to heal, to recover
- impacco
- compress
- impiccare
- to hang
- in bocca al lupo/crepi il lupo
- good luck/thank you
- investimento
- investment
- ipotizzare
- to assume
- legno
- wood
- lenticchie
- lentils
- luna park
- amusement park
- malocchio
- evil eye
- martedi grasso
- fat Tuesday
- mercoledi delle ceneri
- ash wednesday
- molto
- many, much
- montagne russe
- roller coasters
- mordere (pp morso)
- to bite
- nano
- dwarf
- Natale
- Christmas
- nessuno
- no
- nulla/niente
- nothing
- ogni
- every
- ognuno
- everyone, each
- oroscopo
- horoscope
- pandoro
- traditional Christmas cake
- panettone
- traditional Christmas cake
- parecchio
- some, several, quite a few
- Pasqua
- Easter
- Patrona
- patron
- patrono
- patron
- poco
- few, little
- portare fortuna
- to bring good luck
- portare sfortuna
- to bring bad luck
- pungere (pp punto)
- to sting
- qualche
- some
- qualcosa
- something
- qualcuno
- someone, some
- qualsiasi
- any
- qualunque
- any
- quaresima
- lent
- ricorrenza
- yearly festivity
- rimpiangere (pp rimpianto)
- to regret
- sagra
- festival
- saldo
- stable/firm
- saltimbanco
- acrobat
- Santo Patrono
- Patron Saint
- scacciare
- to dispel, to drive away
- scaramantico
- superstitious
- scaramanzia
- superstitious practice
- scongiurare
- to ward off bad luck
- scongiuro
- superstitious practice
- serratura
- lock
- sfilata
- parade
- soprannaturale
- supernatural
- spendere
- to spend (money)
- spingere (pp spinto)
- to push
- stagionale
- seasonal
- stemma
- coat of arms
- talismano
- talisman
- tanto
- so much, so many
- toccare ferro
- to knock on wood
- tombola
- bingo
- torrone
- traditional Christmas nougat
- tramandare
- to pass down/to transmit
- tremare
- to tremble
- troppo
- too much, too many
- tutto
- all, whole, every
- uova di Pasqua
- chocolate Easter eggs
- usanza
- custom
- usi
- customs
- vario
- various, different