{"id":640,"date":"2011-02-26T11:14:48","date_gmt":"2011-02-26T11:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=640"},"modified":"2011-02-26T11:21:49","modified_gmt":"2011-02-26T11:21:49","slug":"la-famiglia-acqua","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/la-famiglia-acqua\/","title":{"rendered":"La famiglia ‘Acqua’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The group of letters ‘-cqu<\/strong>-‘ are used by many words in Italian, the majority of which belong to the ‘acqua’<\/strong> family. Here is a list of the most common:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Acqua<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nWater<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
l’acquaio<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nthe kitchen sink, more commonly known as il lavello<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
l’acquedotto<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nthe aqueduct<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
acquatico<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\naquatic, e.g. pianta acquatica<\/strong> (aquatic plant)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
l’acquolina<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nonly used in the expression ‘far venire l’acquolina in bocca’ <\/strong>(make one’s mouth water), e.g. il profumo di vaniglia mi fa venire l’acquolina in bocca<\/strong> (the smell of vanilla makes my mouth water)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
un acquazzone<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\na downpour \/ shower of rain<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
l’acquerugiola<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nthe drizzle \/ fine rain <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sciacquare<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nto rinse, e.g. ‘mi sciacquo le mani’<\/strong> (I rinse my hands)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
acquoso<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nwatery, e.g. ‘una minestra acquosa’<\/strong> (a watery soup)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
l’acquavite<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nbrandy<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
l’acquario<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nthe aquarium \/ fish tank \/ Aquarius (birth sign)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
l’acquasanta<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nthe holy water<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
l’acquasantiera<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nthe holy water basin<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
anacquare<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nto dilute \/ to water down<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
l’acquitrino<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nthe marsh<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
l’acquarello \/ l’acquerello<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nthe water color<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
l’acquaragia<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nthe turpentine<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

In addition to these there are four verbs not<\/span> related to acqua<\/strong>, which use ‘-cqu<\/strong>-‘:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
acquietare<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nto appease \/ to calm someone down<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
acquistare<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nto buy \/ to purchase<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
acquisire<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nto acquire \/ to obtain<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
acquattarsi<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nto crouch \/ to squat<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

You will also encounter ‘-cqu<\/strong>-‘ in il passato remoto <\/strong>(the historical past) of a handful of verbs:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
nascere<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nto be born, e.g. Giuseppe Verdi nacque a Busseto<\/strong> (Giuseppe Verdi was born in Busseto)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tacere<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nto become silent, e.g. tutti tacquero all’improvviso <\/strong>(suddenly everybody became silent)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
piacere<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nto like, e.g. mi piacque molto Venezia <\/strong>(I really liked Venice)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
giacere<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nto lie, e.g. lei giacque sul letto malata<\/strong> (she lay ill on the bed)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

However, there is only one word<\/span> in Italian which contains the letter group ‘-qqu<\/strong>-‘. Do you know what it is?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The group of letters ‘-cqu-‘ are used by many words in Italian, the majority of which belong to the ‘acqua’ family. Here is a list of the most common: Acqua Water l’acquaio the kitchen sink, more commonly known as il lavello l’acquedotto the aqueduct acquatico aquatic, e.g. pianta acquatica (aquatic plant) l’acquolina only used in…<\/p>\n

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