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Should formal pronouns be capitalized?

I often see sentences like nel ringraziarla, le porgo i miei più cordiali saluti capitalized as follows nel ringraziarLa, Le porgo i miei più cordiali saluti Some people claim the latter to be more formal, some others argue that it's wrong and a…
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Origine della frase "i [qualcosa], quelli belli"

C'è un tipo di frase che viene usato spesso sui social network a mo' di didascalia di una foto: I regali, quelli belli Le colazioni, quelle belle per intendere "guardate che bello questo regalo" o "guardate che bella questa colazione", a volte con…
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Meaning of 'gobbo' / 'gobbi'

The dictionary says 'gobbo' (noun) means a hunchback. I was watching this video of Mourinho after the Juve game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z5Qm9CIYHk A comment underneath says: Godo come un porcellone, gobbi del cazzo. I am assuming "godo…
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Vocabolo italiano per "trading"

Qualcuno sa dirmi una parola italiana per "trading", inteso come compravendita/scambio di strumenti finanziari. Per esempio, in espressioni come trading platform, trading commissions, e così via. Per dare una frase più completa a caso: John is…
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Preserving Italian dialects

Is there a website or book that writes down Italian dialect words or phrases so they are not lost over time? My family speaks dialect and I would like to add their dialect to a website (if it exists) or learn about other dialects and the…
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Does "guanto in mano" mean "wearing" or "carrying"?

That's the question. Dictionaries tell that it can be used with items or clothing meaning "wearing" but that would probably be "mano in guanto". Can any native speaker help me there? This is from 1600 etiquette advice: "Et quì vò dire, che le Dame…
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Difference between parlando and parlante

What is the difference between parlando and parlante credendo and credente and dante and dando and many others. Are they the same thing? Does parlando and parlante both mean speaking, does it matter which one you use?
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Is the usage of "il" vs "lo" and "i" vs "gli" aligned?

Previously I asked someone and they confirmed that the usage of "un/uno" is aligned with "il/lo", both use the O version before a noun that starts with S + a consonant or Z or PS. However some told me that there are cases where you use il for a…
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Does R + vowel at starts of a word pronounce like RR?

I just read this page and found that it listed these words under the /ɾ/ sound: /ɾ/ fare, amaro, regalo Note the bold word. In Spanish and Portuguese, if a single R is at the start of a word, it pronounces the same as RR. Although in Portuguese RR…
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When do we elide “dove è” into “dov'è”?

I have gone through various web pages about elision in Italian. All of them mentioned that we usually elide words like di, la, le, nella, questo, et cetera. But none of them mentioned the elision of gli and dove. I searched for more and learned that…
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What's the origin of /ʎ/ sound of "gli"?

Most of the current Italian pronunciation is retained from Ecclesiastical Latin, such as ce/ci, ge/gi, gn. There's one sound, gli, that I can't find the origin of. Many words containing gli that, dating back to Latin, was le/li or lle/lli (e.g. illi…
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Origine e diffusione dell'espressione "che levati!"

Leggendo il seguente post su Twitter: Ho letto un bellissimo articolo sulle proprietà benefiche dei mirtilli. E m'è venuta 'na voglia di pane e mortadella che levati ho soffermato l'attenzione sull'espressione "che levati", che come riportato in…
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Non-caps spelling of acronyms

I noticed that in Italian acronyms usually aren't fully capitalized, e.g. "Usa" instead of "USA". I haven't seen this spelling convention in any other language and am curious if there's an explanation for it.
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Cosa vuol dire "springare" in questo contesto?

Nel romanzo Una questione privata, di Beppe Fenoglio, ho letto:       Milton springò con le dita e fece cadere il sandwich nel contenitore. Potreste spiegarmi cosa vuol dire "springare" in questa frase? Ho cercato questo verbo in parecchi…
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Qual è la differenza tra "ingresso libero" e "ingresso gratuito"?

Ho sempre pensato che ingresso libero e ingresso gratuito fossero sinonimi. Recentemente, però, ho letto la pubblicità di un evento che riportava la scritta ingresso libero e gratuito. Qual è la differenza?
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