Culaia, Gorfe, Guazza

Culaia, Gorfe, Guazza

Questo tempo fa culaia: Expression to indicate that rain is on the way.   Example: ‘Mmm, questo tempo fa culaia; mi sa che fra poco inizia a piovere!" (‘Mmm, the clouds are gathering; I think it's going to start raining soon!')     Gòrfe: In

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Thu 25 Oct 2012 12:00 AM

Questo tempo fa culaia: Expression
to indicate that rain is on the way.

 

Example: ‘Mmm, questo tempo fa culaia; mi sa che fra poco inizia
a piovere!”
(‘Mmm, the clouds are gathering; I think it’s going to
start raining soon!’)

 

 

Gòrfe: In Italian, the word
‘golf’ is used to indicate a lightweight sweater. ‘Gòrfe’ is the Florentine pronunciation.

 

Example: ‘Forza vestiti, mettiti i’ gorfe sennò alla fine tù fa’
tardi a scuola!’
(‘Come on, get dressed! Get
your sweater on now or else you’ll be late for school!’)

 

 

Guazza: Condensation formed from
humidity.

 

Example: ‘Certo che stanotte doveva essere freddino, ho trovato
una guazza di nulla uscendo.’
(‘It must’ve been cold last
night. When I left this morning there was a bunch of condensation outside.’)

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