lessico pg 172 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
la Befana | a benevolent witch who bring toys on jan 6 |
il Capodanno | New Year's Day |
il Carnevale | Carnival |
celebrare/festeggiare | to celebrate |
il cenone | New Year's Eve dinner |
la colomba | Easter cake in the shape of a dove |
il discorso | speech |
i fuochi artificiali | fireworks |
il martedì grasso | fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras |
il mercoledì delle Ceneri | Ash Wednesday |
il Natale | Christmas |
il pandoro | traditional Christmas cake |
il panettone | traditional Christmas cake |
la Pasqua | Easter |
il patrono/la patrona | patron |
la Quaresima | Lent |
la ricorrenza | yearly festivity |
la sagra | festival |
il Santo Patrono/la Santa Patrona | Patron Saint |
la sfilata | parade |
il torrone | traditional Christmas nougat |
le uova di Pasqua | chocolate Easter eggs |
l'amuleto | amulet |
il/la chiromante | fortune-teller |
fare le corna | to knock on wood |
in bocca al lupo!/Crepi il lupo! | Good luck!/Thank you! |
il malocchio | evil eye |
l'oroscopo | horoscope |
portare fortuna | to bring good luck |
portare sfortuna | to bring bad luck |
scaramantico/a | superstitious |
la scaramanzia/lo scongiuro | superstitious practice |
scongiurare | to ward off bad luck |
il soprannaturale | supernatural |
il talismano | talisman |
toccare ferro | to knock on wood (literally, to touch iron) |
tramandare | to pass down/to transmit |
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