italy

Like the pleasure of such terms, words for pleasure take tantalizing types. A nation of inspired cooks and enthusiastic eaters has, of course, coined a specific word for a lust for a food – goloso (from gola for “throat”), which goes beyond mere appetite, craving, or hunger. Does any language have a better word for make-up than trucco ? Barcollare, to move like a boat, perfectly conveys the swaying stride of a drunken sailor. While I have but to use it in a sentence, the very existence of colombeggiare, which means “to kiss one particular a further like doves”, makes...