Italian words that the whole world envies us. Italian is the language of beauty, cuisine, music and fashion. While many Italians - especially those who do not know English - fill their speeches with Anglo-Saxon words, the whole world uses Italian words. There are many and it has been happening for a long time.
In the second half of the "500 in England they said" Italianate English, incarnate devil! " to criticize the many who filled the speeches with Italian words. But still today the language of the Belpaese has a special place in foreign vocabularies, especially Anglo-Saxon ones. Let's see some of these words.
List of 10 Italian words that the whole world envies us
- Bella. Italy is the undisputed homeland of Beauty. For this reason the adjective 'beautiful' (better if declined in the feminine) is universally known to describe a person of attractive appearance.
- Bravo! At a concert, if the performance has been appreciated, all the public, whatever their language, will applaud saying good. And if we remain in the musical field, there are more Italian terms than English ones: tempo, brio, opera, a cappella, adagio, forte, intermezzo, largo, maestro, piano, soprano, cello ...
- Spaghetti. If we enter the world of food (or 'food' as some ugly Milanese would say), Italy has imposed its cuisine also on a linguistic level. A lot of terms have thus become universal: al dente, antipasto, Bologna (yes, 'la grassa' is synonymous with mortadella), bruschetta, cannelloni, cappuccino, espresso, fusilli, gnocchi, gorgonzola, granita, lasagne, macchiato, mascarpone, minestrone, mozzarella, parmigiana, sandwiches, pizza, ravioli, risotto, salami, tagliatelle, spaghetti, tortellini ...
- Casanova. A proper name of an Italian has turned into a universal word that describes what in Italian we call 'Latin lover' ...
- Inferno. Dante was so good at describing the pains of the damned that this word became trapped in the use of many peoples.
- paparazzi. La Dolce Vita (another expression that the Chinese also understand) has sown the figure of the celebrity photographer in the collective unconscious. And the use of the Italian word remained.
- Riviera. The Ligurian coast impressed so much in the 600th century that the Anglo-Saxons picked up the word 'riviera' and made it synonymous with any sea area where there is a good tourism.
- Dome. In the field of architecture, the Italians have been so above all others that many terms to describe parts of an architectural product have remained Italian. In addition to the dome, to remember a few, the square, portico, veranda, villa, cathedral.
- Graffiti. If Italians were the best in architecture, what about the rest of visual art? Chiaroscuro replica, terracotta, bust, study are just some of the Italian terms used by foreigners.
- Radio. Last but certainly not for dignity the word radio, the one we listen to every morning in the car. Radio which happened to be invented by an Italian, Guglielmo Marconi.
It could go on and on. On the other hand, we sometimes forget that the greatest expression of power in the English-speaking world is in America. Which takes its name from Amerigo Vespucci. That he was Italian.
