Lingua

Special words and phrases coming from how Italians actually talk

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  Campanilismo: An untranslatable word for local pride

  Why two neighboring Italian towns will always argue over pasta

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  Sprezzatura: the Italian word that explains everything about Italian style

  Born in a Renaissance court in Urbino in 1528, and still the most elegant idea in the Italian language

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  "Nammo" doesn’t exist in Italian... or does it?

  The story behind our app's name (and a short explanation of how Italian works)

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  The secret Italian word for the world’s most opinionated bystander

  Bologna's dialect gave us the perfect word for a very Italian personality