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The word entered the English language in the late 19th century. It is derived from the Italian noun diva, a female deity. The plural of the word in English is "divas"; in Italian, dive. The basic sense of the term is goddess, [6] [7] the feminine of the Latin word divus (Italian divo), someone deified after death, or Latin deus, a god. [8]
La Signora (Italian: [la siɲˈɲoːra]; lit. ' the Lady ') is a character in commedia dell'arte. She is the wife of Pantalone and the mistress of Pedrolino. La Signora is tough, beautiful and calculating, and wears very wide dresses along with very heavy makeup. She walks with a flick of the toe and her arms held far out to the sides of her body.
It means "white" and is an Italian cognate of Blanche. [1] It is known in the Anglosphere as a character in William Shakespeare 's The Taming of the Shrew . It came to greater notice in the 1970s, due to public figures such as Bianca Jagger .
This category is for articles about words and phrases from the Italian language. This category is not for articles about concepts and things but only for articles about the words themselves . As such almost all article titles should be italicized (with Template:Italic title ).
The word bimbo derives from the Italian bimbo, [4] a masculine-gender term that means "little or baby boy" or "young (male) child" (the feminine form of the Italian word is bimba). Use of this term began in the United States as early as 1919, and was a slang word used to describe an unintelligent [5] or brutish [6] man.
Italy’s performance was highlighted by strong performances on the uneven bars – D’Amato received 14.633 and Iorio 14.266 – while Esposito top-scored for the team on vault with 14.166.
Italian term Literal translation Definition Bel canto: beautiful singing: Any fine singing, esp. that popular in 18th- and 19th-century Italian opera Bravura: skill: A performance of extraordinary virtuosity Bravo: skillful: A cry of congratulation to a male singer or performer. (Masc. pl. bravi; fem. sing. brava; fem. pl. brave.)
It’s the employees and the affected community that suffer most when a big firm goes bankrupt Hospital exterior, representing Prospect Medical's financial struggles with $400M debt and potential ...