chapter 6 vocab Flashcards
chocolate easter eggs
le uova di Pasqua
gesture
il gesto
la Befana
a benevolent witch who brings toys to good children and coal to bad ones on january 6th
in bocca al lupo/crepi il lupo
good luck!/thank you!
la sagra
festival
yearly festival
la ricorrenza
speech
il discorso
il panettone il pandoro
traditional christmas cake
l’amuleto
amulet
festival
la sagra
il natale
christmas
l’oroscopo
horoscope
folklore
il folklore
la favola/la fiaba
fairy tale/fable
fortune-teller
il/la chiromante
fireworks
i fuochi artificiali
la giostra
merry-go-round
easter
la pasqua
il capodanno
new year’s day
il patrono/la patrona
patron
scongiurare
to ward off bad luck
to knock on wood
toccare ferro
to ward off bad luck
scongiurare
ash wednesday
il mercoledi delle ceneri
portare sfortuna
to bring bad luck
il torrone
traditional christmas nougat
traditional easter cake in the shape of a dove
la colomba
portare fortuna
to bring good luck
carnival
il carnevale
supernatural
il soprannaturale
scaramantico/a
supersitious
fat tuesday, mardi gras
il martedì grasso
lent
la quaresima
tramandare
to pass down/ to transmit
i fuochi artificiali
fireworks
traditional christmas cake
il panettone il pandoro