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Vocabolario Utile 2
Viaggiare in Italia
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Agenzia/Agente di turismo | tourist agency/agent |
| Bagaglio | luggage |
| Fare le valige | pack one's bags |
| Offerta | special offer |
| Passeggero/a | passenger |
| Prenotare | to reserve a room, flight, etc. |
| Prenotazione | reservation |
| Sconto | discount |
| Il/la turista; i turisti; le turiste | tourist/tourists |
| Ultimo momento | last-minute |
| Valigia | suitcase |
| Capoluogo | regional capital |
| Comune | city or town |
| Frazione | part of a comune |
| Meridionale | del Sud |
| Provincia | province |
| Regione | region |
| Settentrionale | del Nord |
| Andata e ritorno | round trip |
| Binari | train tracks |
| Controllore | conductor |
| Ferrovie | railways |
| Il posto a sedere | seat |
| Il supplemento | extra supplement for a special train |
| La carrozza | car or carriage of a train |
| Sala d'attesa | waiting room |
| Scompartimento | train compartment |
| Atterrare (coniugato con essere) | to land |
| Carta d'imbarco | boarding pass |
| Decollare (congiugato con essere) | take off |
| Imbarcare | board (a plane) |
| La dogana | customs |
| Scalo | layover, stop |
| Volare | to fyl |
| Volo | flight |
| Andare a piedi | walk/go on foot |
| Autobus | urban bus |
| Autostop | hitchhike |
| Autostrada | highway |
| Barca | boat |
| Crociera | a cruise |
| Guidare | to drive |
| Il tass"/taxi | taxi |
| L'autocarro/camion | truck |
| l'elicottero | helicopter |
| La metropolitana | subway |
| Nave | ship |
| Noleggiare una macchina | to rent a car |
| Pullman | bus for long distances, coach |
| Traghetto | ferry |
| Vaporetoo | Venetian "bus" |
| Agriturismo | an inn in the country |
| Camera singola/doppia | single/double room |
| Doccia/bagno privato | private shower/bath |
| Letto matrimoniale | king-sized bed |
| Ostello | hostel |
| Pensione | small family-run hotel |
| Pernottare | to stay overnight |
| George McJunkin | the African American cowboy in New Mexico who discovered the Folsom Site in 1908. |
| Paleo-Indians | of, relating to, or denoting the earliest human inhabitants of the Americas, from as early as 40,000 years ago to c. 5000 bc. |
| Folsom hunters | moved constantly to maintain contact with their pray; successor of the nomadic |
| Archaic Indians | hunted bison with Folsom points |
| Great Basin peoples | member of any of the indigenous North American peoples inhabiting the traditional culture area comprising almost all of the present-day states of Utah and Nevada, portions of Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, small parts Arizona, Montana, and California. |
| Clovis peoples | culture of 11,000 years ago is named for artifacts found nearby. |
| California people | hunter and gatherers for hundreds of years after AD 1492; diversity among the people; 500 separate tribes speaking 90 languages with local dialects |
| Chumash | a member of an American Indian people inhabiting coastal parts of southern California. |
| Northwest peoples | built more or less permanent villages; concentrated on catching whales and large quantities of salmon, halibut, and other fish; traded with people living miles from the coast; developed woodworking skills- wood carvings that denoted wealth and status |
| Woodland peoples | deer is their most important prey; deer gave hides and bones for clothes, weapons, needless, and tools; gathered edible plants, seeds, nuts, hickory nuts, pecans, walnuts and acorns |