{"id":1868,"date":"2012-05-11T13:59:11","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T13:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=1868"},"modified":"2012-05-11T13:59:11","modified_gmt":"2012-05-11T13:59:11","slug":"bagnato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/bagnato\/","title":{"rendered":"Bagnato"},"content":{"rendered":"

In our last blog we looked at asciutto<\/strong> and secco<\/strong> (dry). Well here comes the rain again, so let\u2019s see what vocabulary we need to describe \u2026 wet!<\/p>\n

umido<\/strong> = damp:<\/p>\n

il bucato \u00e8 ancora umido <\/strong>(the washing is still damp)<\/p>\n

l\u2019umidit\u00e0 <\/strong>(dampness \u2013 noun fem.): <\/p>\n

dopo tutta questa pioggia c\u2019\u00e8 molta umidit\u00e0 in cantina <\/strong>(after all this rain there\u2019s a lot of dampness in the cellar)<\/p>\n

we also have the verb inumidire<\/strong> = to dampen:<\/p>\n

\u00e8 meglio inumidire i colli delle camicie per stirarli bene <\/strong>(it\u2019s best to dampen the shirt collars to iron them properly)<\/p>\n

here are some other words and expressions that derive from umido<\/strong> <\/p>\n

l\u2019umidificatore<\/strong> (humidifier \u2013 noun masc.)<\/p>\n

il deumidificatore <\/strong>(dehumidifier \u2013 noun masc.)<\/p>\n

in culinary jargon \u2018in umido<\/strong>\u2019 <\/strong>means \u2018stewed\u2019, e.g. pollo in umido <\/strong>(chicken stew)<\/p>\n

l\u2019umido<\/strong> = compost\/organic kitchen waste<\/p>\n

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bagnato <\/strong>= wet<\/p>\n

non entrare in cucina, perch\u00e9 il pavimento \u00e8 ancora bagnato <\/strong>(don\u2019t go into the kitchen, because the floor is still wet)<\/p>\n

if something is really wet we say: bagnato fradicio <\/strong>(soaking wet) or bagnato fino al midollo <\/strong>(wet to the bone)<\/p>\n

we also have the verb bagnare <\/strong>= to wet, to water:<\/p>\n

hai bagnato l\u2019orto? <\/strong>(have you watered the vegetable garden?)<\/p>\n

the reflexive form bagnarsi <\/strong>means \u2018to get wet\u2019:<\/p>\n

stai attento a non bagnarti i pantaloni <\/strong>(be careful not to get your trousers wet)<\/p>\n

when referring to rivers, bagnare <\/strong>means \u2018to flow through\u2019, e.g. l\u2019Arno bagna Firenze e Pisa <\/strong>(the river Arno flows through Florence and Pisa)<\/p>\n

when referring to seas and lakes it means \u2018to wash\/to lap\u2019, e.g. la Toscana \u00e8 bagnata dal Mar Tirreno <\/strong>(the Tyrrhenian sea laps the Tuscan shores )<\/p>\n

here are some idiomatic expressions deriving from bagnato<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

mettere a bagno <\/strong>(to soak), e.g. devo mettere i fagioli cannellini a bagno <\/strong>(I must soak the cannellini beans)<\/p>\n

essere bagnato come un pulcino  (<\/strong>literally: to be wet like a chick when it comes out of the egg), the best equivalent in English would be \u2018to look like a drowned rat\u2019 <\/p>\n

se non \u00e8 zuppa \u00e8 pan bagnato <\/strong>(if it isn\u2019t a soup it\u2019s soaked bread), meaning that two things are substantially the same even if they appear different<\/p>\n

piove sempre sul bagnato <\/strong>(it never rains but it pours)<\/p>\n

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zuppo <\/strong>= soaked, drenched, zuppo<\/strong> comes from the old verb zuppare<\/strong> which meant \u2018to pour soup on the bread\u2019:<\/p>\n

Maria \u00e8 tornata a casa tutta zuppa <\/strong>(Maria came back home completely soaked)<\/p>\n

we also have the verb inzuppare<\/strong> = to dip\/dunk:<\/p>\n

a colazione inzuppo i biscotti nel caffelatte <\/strong>(for breakfast I dip biscuits in my milky coffee)<\/p>\n

and its reflexive form inzupparsi<\/strong> = to get soaked:<\/p>\n

mi si sono inzuppati i pantaloni <\/strong>(my trousers got soaked)<\/p>\n

you can also use inzuppato<\/strong> to mean soaked:<\/p>\n

la sua maglietta era tutta inzuppata di sudore <\/strong>(his tee shirt was soaked with sweat)<\/p>\n

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Finally, combining bagnato<\/strong> with asciutto<\/strong> we have the word il bagnasciuga<\/strong> = the waterline or the shoreline (noun masc.), literally \u2018the wet-dry\u2019:<\/p>\n

abbiamo fatto una romantica passeggiata lungo il bagnasciuga al tramonto<\/strong> (we had a romantic walk along the shoreline at sunset) \u2026 ahh, che bello!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In our last blog we looked at asciutto and secco (dry). Well here comes the rain again, so let\u2019s see what vocabulary we need to describe \u2026 wet! umido = damp: il bucato \u00e8 ancora umido (the washing is still damp) l\u2019umidit\u00e0 (dampness \u2013 noun fem.): dopo tutta questa pioggia c\u2019\u00e8 molta umidit\u00e0 in cantina…<\/p>\n

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