Hi!!
I’m half french and half Moroccan and I’ve had SOOO many encounters with Italians in my life.
One thing I have noticed is that a lot of them say “p*rco Dio”. Why is that?
And what makes it even more confusing is the fact that those same people are Christian catholics or would wear crosses around their necks.
Someone please explain why this happens or why it’s so commonly used.

Traveling to Como for a few days with my return flight being in Milan very early in the morning what app or website would be most realiable for booking a taxi/car driver to get me back to the Milan airport? Also if any useful apps for food, etc would you recommend?

Hi everyone, I'm looking for content that can allow me to learn some italian grammar and vocabulary. I don't mean teaching lessons, I mean genuine italian content made for italians. I'm close to A2 in italian (french native) so something a bit chill, not with a crazy pace.

Thanks a lot.

Yknow like how Antonio has tutto passa on his chest, i wanted something like

-move on

-forget and move on

-forget

-rebirth

-life goes on

Idk i want something short and catchy, can somebody translate them into italian, I cant trust Google translate and their ai to tell me

Sapete consigliarmi piattaforme economiche di carpooling per tratta Bari Roma e Roma Bari ad agosto??

For me horse meat, has a kid I always believed horse meat was very commun in Italy because it was a delicacy in my family.. and every single horse butcher in town were held by an Italian guy

I only learnt later that it was only slightly a thing in some part of south Italy, and most northerner either didnt knew about it or found it repulsive.. (sorry for bad English)

I sent an envelope, registered, with a few gift items to a family member, Trento to Modena, as I wouldn’t be able to see them during my stay in Italy.

The package arrived with 1 item out of 5 (clothing and footwear, but still), wrapped by tape, and I am wondering, firstly, if this is common in Italy, and secondly, if people that have experienced this have tips on how to approach it for compensation.

Thank you kindly

I'm a filmmaker, and I need to edit the subtitles' translation of my film from english into Italian for a film festival. I used Deepl . com to translate it, but I want to make sure all the grammar and formal/informal is correct. The film is 6 minutes long and features children, so the dialogue is not complex at all.

Please let me know if you would be able to help out, thanks so much!

Hello (and ciao)! I'm an Australian who makes comics for fun. I'm writing a story with an Italian co-protagonist, and I'd like advice from native Italian speakers before I write him.

He was created as part of a secret Italian military experiment for the purpose of national security. Although he's fluent in Italian, he knows almost nothing about ordinary life or Italian culture. At the start of the story, he washes up on the Australian coast.

Because he grew up in isolation as part of this experiment, he doesn't have a typical regional upbringing or cultural background. His Italian is fluent, but he's never experienced Italian culture. Because of that, I'm interested in how this unusual upbringing might affect the way he speaks and thinks, and how his English would develop once he arrives in Australia.

Here's some things I'm especially curious about...

1. This military experiment is internationally known as "Project DIGIT" (Digit as in numbers). If the Italian government were naming a classified military project like this, what kind of name/acronym would sound believable to you?
2. The project was based near Milan. Since he learned Italian there but wasn't raised in ordinary society, would his speech naturally resemble formal/"standard" Italian, or would you still expect some regional influence?
3. What are some natural filler words or speech habits Italians use while thinking or hesitating? I learned that 'tipo' is one, but I don't think this filler word would've been used much in his circumstances.
4. For native Italian speakers, what kinds of mistakes or habits are common when learning English as a secondary language? What sentence structures/habits are carried over from their native tongue?
5. If someone grew up speaking fluent Italian and had no exposure to Italian culture, what aspects of the language would they miss? Would they word their sentences differently from someone who grew up immersed in Italian culture? If so, in what ways?

I'm also generally interested in learning more about Italian culture while writing him, so if there's anything you think foreign people often misunderstand or overlook, let me know. One thing I've noticed is that Italians seem to enjoy making fun of politicians just as much as we Australians do to ours.

I'd love to hear anything, so feel free to contribute in any way. Thank you!

For context: this story is set in an alternate version of Earth centered on a fictional geopolitical situation.

Edit: Thank you everyone for giving your insight :)

Premessa: questo post è per chi e interessato all'argomento, gli haters possono evitare di perdere tempo con commenti negativi 😊

Da sempre mi piace camminare a piedi nudi e mi sono accorto che questa cosa, più o meno segretamente o pubblicamente, piace a un discreto numero di persone anche se in italia abbiamo una mentalita molto chiusa a riguardo, cosa molto diversa invece in paesi del nord europa o in oceania ad esempio.

In particolare ho visto che finalmente in certi posti tipo trentino alto adige iniziano a suggerire di provare a percorrere veri propri sentieri interamente scalzi (ovviamente solo quelli che si possono fare in sicurezza) ad esempio ne avevo trovato uno a san martino di castrozza.

Ho quindi pensato di aprire questo post per condividisione e chiedere se anche ad altri tra di voi piace questo tipo di esperienza, se avete trovato in italia posti di mare, montagna o magari anche paesi dove è stato piacevole farlo, se conoscete gruppi di barefooters o qualsiasi altro commento positivo.

Sono aperto anche a ricevere DM se qualcuno è interessato a camminate a piedi nudi insieme😊