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Native English speaker trying to brush up on my passato remoto. In daily speech when is something remote with that it needs passato remoto? In formal, academic writing at what point does passato remoto become necessary? My professors told me that this also largely depends on region. So does this answer differ where you're from?

Come potete vedere in questi grafici https://rpubs.com/lovepeacejoy404/confronto\_statistico\_governi\_Meloni\_Sanchez il tasso di crescita del pil della Spagna nel 2025 è 5 volte quello dell'Italia ma il pil procapite dell'Italia è superiore a quello della Spagna per cui se continua così forse la Spagna raggiungerà l'Italia nel pil procapite. Perché il tasso di crescita del pil della Spagna è così alto? C'entra l'immigrazione in Spagna?

My Personal Sommelier is an iPhone app entirely in Italian, designed for Italian-speaking wine enthusiasts.

The app allows users to recognize wine labels from photos, create and organize a personal wine cellar, analyze photos of food menus and wine lists, and receive pairing suggestions.

I am looking specifically for Italian-speaking testers who can evaluate:

usability and clarity;
wine label recognition;
menu and wine list reading accuracy;
response speed;
the usefulness of the suggested pairings.

The app is currently available only in Italian. It is still in beta, and automatically generated results may contain inaccuracies.

Feedback can be submitted directly through the app or through TestFlight.

Se parli italiano e ti interessa il vino, il tuo feedback sarà molto utile.

Thank you for helping me improve My Personal Sommelier.

Is the Italian culture of being well dressed disappearing?

I see online, and in stereotypes italians take great importance in how to dress,
but all the places I have been, the youth seem to all wear whatever the trend is in the USA, the black community here all seems to wear the same designer stuff with far too many logos and bright colours, the older people wear the same as any other european country.. and i’m not just talking about American tourists.

I don’t mean it as an affront, there is some very well dressed people, and i’m sure the people on here dress well, I just was expecting more from what people say online (especially people talking about immigrants dressing badly).

Does the stereotype just come from Americans who dress very casually?

One thing that has surprised me is your PLANTS and GARDENS though, some of the best kept parks and gardens I have seen up there with England and France!

Regards from 🇳🇱

Topa is my sweet pup is coming to Italy with me for a few months and I’ll have her with me everywhere.

She was a foster I adopted and I kept the name the rescue organization gave her. Is that a bad word in Italian? I don’t want to be disrespectful or rude referring to my dog as a vulgar word everywhere. Google & translator are coming up with all different things so I need opinions of those who speak Italian please! I hate drawing attention to myself so need to figure this out and maybe shift her name to something similar but not vulgar… leaving in 2 weeks. Thank you!!!

Hi everyone! I’m an Australian reader who wants to discover more authors from Italy, especially writers I might not come across through the usual English-language bestseller lists.

I’m interested in all kinds of fiction — contemporary fiction, literary fiction, fantasy, YA fantasy, historical fiction, romance, speculative fiction, and anything else you think is worth reading.

I’m especially looking for indie authors, self-published authors, small-press writers, emerging writers, and newer authors. I’d love to discover people who are doing interesting things right now, rather than only the internationally famous names.

If you live in Italy, I’d love to know:

• Who are you reading right now?
• Which indie or emerging authors are you excited about?
• Who has a new book coming out that I should know about?
• Which authors do you think deserve a much bigger international audience?
• Are their books available in English translation?
• If there isn’t an English translation, please recommend them anyway! I’m still interested in discovering them.
• Are there particular small publishers, literary magazines, bookshops, websites, or online communities where I can find more authors from italy?

I’d especially love recommendations from local readers, writers, booksellers, librarians, translators, and people involved in publishing.

I’m basically trying to build an international reading list and learn about books and authors I probably wouldn’t encounter otherwise.

So please tell me what you are reading and what you’re excited about. I’m genuinely curious and would love to discover some new favourite authors and support their work where I can.

Thank you!
— Jaylee

Hi all, my nonno says “bene di” as “good for them” or “good for you” or good for anyone really. I was just wondering if it’s common to shorten the full phrase down and not include the subject, or is it just a him thing? We’re from Molise if that helps (yeah yeah molise non esiste ha ha). Thanks for all input!

hypothetically, imagine a community that speaks italian but has always written italian exclusively in another script, for example arabic, hebrew, cyrillic, greek, hangul, cherokee, hanzi, etc;

which of these scripts would be the most plausible for such an italian-speaking community to realistically exist?

The English phrase means, "to make it difficult for someone to win a game or contest by trying hard and playing or performing well." Does Italian have any similar phrases?

La IA di Google è convinta che questo detto latino sia un adattamento del motto di Hogwarts "Draco dormiens numquam titillandus". Anche dopo averle detto che l'avevo sentito da bambina (io sono del 1972), cercava un parallelo con dei proverbi inglesi, per spiegare come fosse arrivato dall'Inghilterra all'Italia. Ho dovuto farle notare che, prima degli anni 80-90, in Italia, erano pochi a parlare Inglese e che era molto più probabile che la Rowling avesse riadattato un proverbio latino, piuttosto che degli Italiani avessero tradotto in latino un proverbio inglese.

Quando, finalmente, si è convinto, ha trovato un'intervista alla Rowling, in cui lei dice che il suo latino non era abbastanza buono da creare un motto ex novo, quindi si è rivolta ad un suo amico insegnante di latino, per farsi tradurre il detto inglese che dice di non disturbare il cane che dorme, sostituendo il cane con un drago.

C'è qualcun altro che aveva già sentito questo detto latino, magari da qualche genitore/zio/nonno, prima di Harry Potter? Non posso essere l'unica a conoscerlo!

Hi! I’m based in Brescia and although I’ve been here for about 10 months I haven’t needed anything until recently as I have a two week trip coming up. I’m very new to shopping in Europe and maybe this isn’t the right subreddit I’m not sure.

I’m happy to take the train to Bergamo, Milan, Florence etc for a good shopping day, rather than online-only brands.

Basically I’m looking for** **well-designed, slightly interesting contemporary fashion, timeless staples, anything good quality and I do love some bohemian. I’m open to both Italian and international brands.

I’d especially love recommendations for brands I might not know about, boutiques, Multi-brand stores, Vintage/second-hand shops or any particular streets/neighbourhoods worth wandering around.

Note: I’m from Nz so I know absolutely nothing about European brands !