12 Reasons to Love Spring in the Italian Language

La Primavera

Spring

No season may be sweeter or more welcome than Spring. While surfing google.it, I came across some essays Italian students wrote on the reasons why, including:

*Il sole esce dal suo letargo invernale e splende radioso nel cielo. (The sun comes out from its winter hibernation and shines bright in the sky.)

* Si può uscire di casa per fare lunghe escursioni in bicicletta. (You can leave the house for long bike trips) and andarsene a zonzo e assaporare i primi gelati (hang out and taste the first Italian ice creams.)

*Si può giocare all’aperto a calcio, a pallavolo o a basket. (You can play soccer, volleyball or basketball outdoors.)

* Correre, sudare, sporcarsi di erba e fango. (Running, sweating, getting dirty in the grass and mud.)

* Trovarsi nelle piazze con gli amici per interminabili conversazioni. (Meeting your friends in the piazza for endless conversations.)

*Nessuno sembra più aver voglia di starsene rintanato nel salotto di casa a guardare la televisione o a ubriacarsi di playstation. (Nobody seems anymore to want to stay holed up in the living room watching TV or overdosing on playstation.)

*Si ha poca voglia persino di starsene attaccati a Facebook. (You have little desire to be glued to Facebook.)

* Gli alberi fioriti (blossoming trees) that sprout brightly colored, fragrant flowers.

* L’erba sui prati (the grass on the lawns) that thickens and shines un verde intenso (a bright green).

* Le giornate più lunghe (the longer days) with la luce più intensa (the more intense light).

* La voglia di vivere (the love of life ) takes precedence sui doveri (over duties).

* E le ragazze, nei loro abiti leggeri, sembrano ancora più belle. (And the girls, in their light dresses, seem even more beautiful.)

Whatever you love best about this lovely season (bella stagione), I hope you enjoy it — and every Spring day (giorno primaverile) — to the fullest.

Buona primavera!

Words and Expressions

primaverile – of Spring, Springlike

pulizie di primavera – Spring cleaning

un pulcino — a Spring chicken

Qui è un’eterna primavera — Here it’s always Spring (the climate is mild and beautiful all year round)

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Dianne Hales is the author of La Bella Lingua: My Love Affair with Italian, the World’s Most Enduring Language. A widely published, award-winning freelance journalist, Dianne has served as a con ...read more