{"id":103,"date":"2009-03-10T09:23:53","date_gmt":"2009-03-10T13:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=103"},"modified":"2009-03-10T09:23:53","modified_gmt":"2009-03-10T13:23:53","slug":"il-riccio-che-cos%e2%80%99e%e2%80%99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/il-riccio-che-cos%e2%80%99e%e2%80%99\/","title":{"rendered":"Il Riccio, che cos\u2019e\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Students of the Italian language often complain that\u00a0us Italians\u00a0have far too many different words that say the same thing. So, in order\u00a0to prove that this is not always the case, a little challenge for you: Il riccio, che cos\u2019e\u2019? <\/strong>(What is a riccio?).<\/span><\/p>\n

Well\u00a0a riccio<\/strong>\u00a0can be\u00a0four different things! Below\u00a0I will give you\u00a0some clues as to what these four things are, the clues are in Italian<\/span>,\u00a0yes it\u2019s time to do some work!<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Il primo si trova sulla testa di chi non ha i capelli lisci, assomiglia a una molla.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2. Il secondo ha quattro zampe e il muso appuntito. Gli piace mangiare insetti e lumache, si trasforma in\u00a0una palla per difendersi.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

3. Il terzo protegge il frutto di un albero e fa\u00a0molto male a toccarlo.\u00a0Il frutto si mangia soprattutto arrostito, bollito, o come farina.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4. Il quarto si trova nel mare, spesso attaccato agli scogli. E\u2019 rotondo e non e\u2019 affatto piacevole calpestarlo.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

So, what is a riccio<\/strong>? Have a go at answering the four definitions and write your answers in the comments box below.\u00a0Of course if you\u2019re\u00a0really stuck you can always resort to the dictionary. I\u2019ll give the\u00a0correct answers\u00a0as well as the translations of the clues later in the week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Buona fortuna!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Students of the Italian language often complain that\u00a0us Italians\u00a0have far too many different words that say the same thing. So, in order\u00a0to prove that this is not always the case, a little challenge for you: Il riccio, che cos\u2019e\u2019? (What is a riccio?). Well\u00a0a riccio\u00a0can be\u00a0four different things! Below\u00a0I will give you\u00a0some clues as to…<\/p>\n

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