{"id":19317,"date":"2021-02-05T17:01:40","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T16:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=19317"},"modified":"2021-03-18T15:07:47","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T14:07:47","slug":"il-corpo-in-italiano-pt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/il-corpo-in-italiano-pt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Il Corpo in Italiano pt. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Il corpo, i movimenti, e qualche espressione pt. 2<\/em> – The body, the movements, and some expressions pt. 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

A continuation from last week… please add any verbs, expressions or more body parts in the comments. Of course this isn’t an exhaustive list. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Il petto<\/em> – chest\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

tossire<\/em> – to cough<\/p>\n

dolore al petto<\/em> – chest pain<\/p>\n

le spalle<\/em> – shoulders\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

voltare le spalle a\u00a0[qlcn]<\/span>, girare le spalle a\u00a0[qlcn]<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 – to give someone the cold shoulder<\/p>\n

slogarsi una spalla<\/em> – to dislocate a shoulder<\/p>\n

spalla su cui piangere<\/em> – shoulder to cry on<\/p>\n

lungo fino alle spalle<\/em> – shoulder-length<\/p>\n

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la mano <\/span><\/em>\u00a0– hand<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

essere colto con le mani nella marmellata<\/em> – to be caught with your hands in the cookie jar (literally marmellata<\/em> – jam, jelly)<\/p>\n

di prima mano<\/em> – firsthand<\/p>\n

forzare la mano<\/em> – to force someone’s hand<\/p>\n

sfuggire di mano<\/em> – to get out of hand<\/p>\n

applaudire\/battere le mani<\/em> – to applaud\/clap<\/p>\n

stringere la mano<\/em> – to shake hands<\/p>\n

le dita<\/em> <\/span>– fingers<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

mostrare il dito medio a\u00a0<\/em>[qlcn]<\/em> – to give someone the middle finger\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

alzare un dito<\/em> – to lift a finger<\/p>\n

avere\u00a0[qlcn]<\/span> in pugno<\/em> – to have someone twisted around your finger (literally pugno<\/em> – fist)<\/p>\n

puntare il dito verso<\/em> – to point at<\/p>\n

stuzzichini –<\/em> finger foods<\/p>\n

schioccare le dita<\/em> – to snap your fingers<\/p>\n

il polso <\/span><\/em>– wrist<\/span><\/strong>
\nil gomito <\/span><\/em>– elbow<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

la nocca<\/em> – the knuckle<\/p>\n

grattare<\/em> – to scratch<\/p>\n

tenere<\/em> – to hold, to grasp<\/p>\n

toccare<\/em> – to touch<\/p>\n

strofinare<\/em> – to rub<\/p>\n

schiaffeggiare, dare uno schiafo a [qlcn]<\/span><\/em>\u00a0– to slap, to give a slap to someone<\/p>\n

un buffetto –<\/i> a slap on the wrists<\/p>\n

colpire con un pugno<\/em> – to punch someone<\/p>\n

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lo stomaco <\/u><\/em>– stomach<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

la pancia gonfia<\/em> – bloated belly<\/p>\n

digerire<\/em> – to digest<\/p>\n

ringhiare <\/em>– to growl<\/p>\n

far rivoltare lo stomaco<\/em> – to turn your stomach (make you nauseous)<\/p>\n

farfalle nello stomaco<\/em> – butterflies in your stomach<\/p>\n

far venire il voltastomaco<\/em> – to be sick to your stomach<\/p>\n

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le gambe <\/u><\/em>– legs<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

un occhio della testa<\/em> – an arm and a leg (expensive, literally in Italian – an eye from the head)<\/p>\n

un crampo alla gamba<\/em> – a leg cramp<\/p>\n

le ginocchia<\/span><\/em>\u00a0– knees<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

il ginocchio<\/em> – knee<\/p>\n

sommerso fino alle ginocchia, all’altezza del ginocchio<\/em> – knee-deep<\/p>\n

i piedi<\/em> <\/u>– feet<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

le dita dei piedi<\/em> –<\/span>\u00a0toes<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

la punta dei piedi<\/em> – tippy-toe<\/p>\n

dalla testa ai piedi<\/em> – from head to foot<\/p>\n

partire con il piede giusto<\/em> – to get off on the right foot<\/p>\n

partire con il piede sbagliato<\/em> – to get off on the wrong foot<\/p>\n

superare la prima tappa, superare il primo step<\/em> – to get your foot in the door<\/p>\n

portare l’acqua con le orecchie a\u00a0[qlcn]<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 – to wait on someone hand and foot\u00a0 (bring water with the ears)<\/p>\n

stare in piedi<\/em> – to stand<\/p>\n

camminare<\/em> – to walk<\/p>\n

correre<\/em> – to run<\/p>\n

prendere a calci qualcuno<\/em> – to kick someone<\/p>\n

dare il calcio d’inizio<\/em> – to kick off<\/p>\n

scavalcare<\/em> – to step over<\/p>\n

inginocchiarsi<\/em> – to kneel<\/p>\n

mettersi in ginocchio<\/em> – to get on your knees<\/p>\n

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Il corpo, i movimenti, e qualche espressione pt. 2 – The body, the movements, and some expressions pt. 2 A continuation from last week… please add any verbs, expressions or more body parts in the comments. Of course this isn’t an exhaustive list. \ud83d\ude42 _________________________________________________________________________________ Il petto – chest\u00a0 tossire – to cough dolore al…<\/p>\n

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