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FOR MEMBERS
Italian word of the day: 'Stufo'
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Italian expression of the day: 'Porca miseria'
Italian word of the day: 'Arzigogolare'
Italian word of the day: 'Ottobrata'
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Italian word of the day: 'Magari'
Italian expression of the day: 'Ti andrebbe'
Italian word of the day: 'Impegno'
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12 rude Italian phrases that you can get away with in Italy
Italian expression of the day: 'Non ti preoccupare'
Ten wonderfully quirky Italian animal-related idioms
Italian word of the day: 'Complimenti'
Italian word of the day: 'Pronto'
Italian word of the day: 'Sfegatato'
Five delicious Italian food idioms, explained
Italian expression of the day: 'Fare il filo'
Italian word of the day: 'Attimo'
Italian word of the day: 'Faticare'
Italian word of the day: 'Giusto'
Italian word of the day: 'Oretta'
Italian word of the day: 'Totoministri'
Italian expression of the day: 'Ogni tanto'
Italian word of the day: 'Posso'
12 of the most useful Italian words you need to know
Italian expression of the day: 'Quattro gatti'
Italian expression of the day: 'Man mano'
Italian word of the day: 'Ottimo'
Ten very Italian proverbs to live by
Italian word of the day: 'Persino'
Italian word of the day: 'Ammiccare'
Italian expression of the day: 'In punto'
Italian word of the day: 'Rocambolesco'
Italian word of the day: 'Piacere'
Italian word of the day: 'Fannullone'
Seven songs that will help you learn Italian
Italian word of the day: 'Però'
Italian expression of the day: 'Per nulla'
Italian word of the day: 'Occorrere'
Italian word of the day: 'Tranquillo'
Italian word of the day: 'Canicola'
Italian word of the day: 'Prego'
Italian expression of the day: 'Ci penso io'
The top ten Italian words that just don't translate into English
Italian expression of the day: 'Me la cavo'
Italian word of the day: 'Sistemare'
Italian expression of the day: 'Come ti pare'
Italian expression of the day: 'Fare la scarpetta'
Italian word of the day: 'Sbrigarsi'
Italian word of the day: 'Caso'
Ten of the most common Italian mistakes you should avoid
Italian expression of the day: 'A ramengo'
Italian word of the day: 'Cucciolo'
Italian word of the day: 'Proprio'
Italian word of the day: 'Volentieri'
Italian word of the day: 'Mo'
Italian word of the day: 'Burrasca'
Italian word of the day: 'Pastrocchio'
Italian expression of the day: 'Senz'altro'
Italian word of the day: 'Perbacco'
Ten Italian words stolen into English and reinvented
Italian word of the day: 'Accipicchia'
Italian expression of the day: 'A iosa'
Italian expression of the day: 'Come mai'
Italian word of the day: 'Pasquetta'
Italian word of the day: 'Inoltre'
Italian expression of the day: 'Fare il ponte'
Italian word of the day: 'Pettegolezzo'
19 of your favourite Italian words (and some of ours)
Italian word of the day: 'Eh'
Italian word of the day: 'Tipo'
Italian expression of the day: 'Non ce la faccio'
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12 signs you’ve cracked the Italian language
Italian expression of the day: 'Ti voglio bene'
Italian expression of the day: 'Punto e basta'
Italian word of the day: 'Abbiocco'
Italian expression of the day: 'A quattr'occhi'
Italian word of the day: 'Scialla'
Italian word of the day: 'Mica'
Italian expression of the day: 'In gamba'
Italian word of the day: 'Senti'
Italian word of the day: 'Attaccabottoni'
Italian word of the day: 'Casino'
The strange history behind five everyday Italian words
Italian word of the day: 'Giallo'
Italian word of the day: 'Fico'
Italian word of the day: 'Coso'
Italian word of the day: 'Diciamo'
Italian word of the day: 'Denunciare'
Italian word of the day: 'Zitto'
Italian word of the day: 'Vergogna'
Italian word of the day: 'Maleducato'
Italian word of the day: 'Tormentone'
Italian word of the day: 'Menefreghismo'
Italian word of the day: 'Mannaggia'
Italian word of the day: 'Infatti'
Italian expression of the day: 'Mi raccomando'
Italian word of the day: 'Caspita'
Italian expression of the day: 'Meno male'
Italian expression of the day: 'Ci sentiamo'
Italian word of the day: 'Occhio'
Italian expression of the day: 'Ci mancherebbe'
Italian word of the day: 'Guasto'
Italian word of the day: 'Roba'
Italian word of the day: 'Capodanno'
2018
Italian expression of the day: 'San Silvestro'
Italian word of the day: 'Avanzi'
Italian expression of the day: 'Buon Natale'
Italian word of the day: 'Vigilia'
Italian word of the day: 'Ammazza'
Italian word of the day: 'Evvai'
Italian word of the day: 'Squillo'
Italian word of the day: 'Invece'
Italian word of the day: 'Purtroppo'
Italian word of the day: 'Addirittura'
Italian word of the day: 'Anzi'
Italian word of the day: 'Spezzacchio'
Italian word of the day: 'Boh'
Italian expression of the day: 'A posto'
Italian word of the day: 'Basta'
Italian word of the day: 'Cavolo'
Italian word of the day: 'Piuttosto'
Italian expression of the day: 'Piano piano'
Italian word of the day: 'Dai'
Italian word of the day: 'Tamtam'
Italian word of the day: 'Accidenti'
Italian expression of the day: 'Estate di San Martino'
Italian expression of the day: 'Ma va' là'
Italian word of the day: 'Strozzapreti'
Italian word of the day: 'Ragazzi'
Italian word of the day: 'Ancora'
Italian word of the day: 'Salve'
Italian word of the day: 'Comunque'
Italian word of the day: 'Ninnananna'
Italian word of the day: 'Bravo'
Italian word of the day: 'Schifo'
Italian word of the day: 'Allora'
Italian word of the day: 'Paura'
Italian word of the day: 'Appena'
Italian word of the day: 'Cioè'
Italian expression of the day: 'Colpo d'aria'
Italian word of the day: 'Furbo'
Italian word of the day: 'Insomma'
Italian word of the day: 'Capitare'
Italian word of the day: 'Quindi'
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QUIZ: Are you fooled by these Italian 'false friends'?
Italian word of the day: 'Guaio'
Italian word of the day: 'Sbagliare'
A scambio is the ideal way to learn Italian – but be careful how you say it
2017
The top five free smartphone apps for learning Italian
Italian troops use winter to bolster Afghan army against Taliban
Five myths you shouldn't believe about dating in Italy
2016
Three Germans killed in Italian Riviera yacht blaze
The twelve best Italian Christmas gifts to give this year
The phrases you'll need to survive at work in Italy
Elderly Italian on benefits stashed €1m in Swiss bank
Italian base jumper killed while filming Swiss Alps stunt
Italian bishop says 'diabolical' Pokemon is like 'Nazism'
So why do pasta-loving Italians live such long lives?
Italian carries Zika in sperm for record six months
Italian economy grinds to a halt amid banking woes
Italian coastguard ups port security amid terror threat
Pakistani terror suspect captained Italy cricket team
How to decipher these odd Italian expressions
Six Italians confirmed dead in Nice attack
Five Italians still missing after Nice attack
Four Italians missing, one feared dead in Nice attack
Meet the Italian chef behind the world's best restaurant
Exiled Italian prince now sells pasta from a van in California
Italian civil servants arrested over illegal passport ring
Over 4,500 migrants rescued off Italy
Bodies of nine Italians killed in Dhaka attack flown home
Dhaka attack: Italian bodies to be flown home this week
More than 3,300 migrants rescued off Libya
Ten breathtaking Italian gems you've never heard of
Over 2,500 migrants rescued off Italy over weekend
Italian dies in wingsuit accident on French Alps
Italian man 'turns French' after brain injury
Italian woman found dead on yacht in Spain
Italian falls off balcony while hiding from lover’s husband
Italian man lay dead in flat for 5 years before anyone noticed
Striking pictures capture moment of migrant shipwreck
The radical Italian who fought for the EU's creation dies at 86
Eataly fined €50k for misleading wine labels
Deutsche Bank targeted in Italian bond sale probe
Migrants get Pakistani chef amid 'bad' Italian food revolt
Find Italian a handful? Not after you watch this video
Italian marine held in India should return home: UN court
Italian feared dead in Norway helicopter crash
Happy 70th Vespa! The history behind Italy's famous scooter
Bizarre Italian food rules foreigners fall foul of
Italian films to be shown in Cannes after Palme d’Or snub
Italian businessman among 413 dead in Ecuador quake
Italy saves 4,000 migrants as flow to Greece recedes
Italian hostage released in southern Philippines: police
Cash for Italian Cardinal's swanky pad sparks probe
Slain Italian student's body 'unrecognizable', says mum
EgyptAir hijack: Italian among the hostages released
Nearly 1,500 migrants rescued off Libya: Italian coastguard
Italy name Conor O'Shea as new rugby coach
Two Italians injured in crash that killed 12 in France
Italian surgeon fired from Swedish research institute
Italian woman dead in Brussels attacks: reports
Driver of crash that killed 7 Italians is in critical condition
Fabio Capello set for sensational Italy job meeting
Seven Italian victims of Spain coach crash named
Two migrants dead as Italy rescues 2,000 off Libya
Albania seeks Italian help to prevent migrant surge
This sex is on fire: Love-cheat Italians leave car in flames
Italian footballers ambushed by armed hooligans
Two Italian hostages freed in Libya: local official
Italian's 'suspicious' money belt sparks Danish police alert
Italy leads global wine market thanks to American drinkers
Italy increasingly exposed to risk of a terror attack: report
Italian parliament bar closes in on bill-shirking MPs
Italy Zika case may have been sexually transmitted: doctors
Italian panty liners found with traces of weedkiller
Hands off! School kids try to buy paradise island for Italy
Gay unions: will Italy blow this chance to boost its image?
Salieri-Mozart cantata sheds new light on their fervid rivalry
Italy-Egypt friendship on line as slain student is buried
Argentina to pay 50,000 Italian creditors over defaulted debt
French woman behind cloned site that sold fake Prada
Nine-year-old Italian boy killed in Burkina Faso attack
2015
Italy’s fizzy wine bursts champagne’s bubble
Nine record-breaking Italians of 2015
'You must know the right people in the right place'
What did Italians google the most in 2015?
Man kills himself as bank failure wipes out savings
Bubbling up: Italy's other Ferrari
Hero cats save elderly Italian woman from fire
Flu-jab snubbing Italians face winter epidemic
'Italy will stay in Afghanistan': Renzi
The women shaking up Italy's startup world
Leaks journalist defies Vatican summons
Italy's Moncler wins China counterfeit case
Italian student missing following Paris attacks
Italian doctor banned in UK over bad English
Outrage after Varoufakis nets €24k for Rai slot
How to make Umbrian farro and lentil soup
Life's a beach: 3 in 4 skip work in Riviera town
Costa Rica busts cocaine ring linked to Italy mafia
12 face hard labour over lynching of Italian man
Tardy Italian fakes bomb scare to delay plane
500 migrants rescued in Mediterranean
Pope weighs in over Italian church privileges
'Hosting refugees gave me joy': Italian pensioner
Italian base jumper dies in Swiss Alps
Damaged Italian painting might be fake: expert
Italian woman locks up man for refusing sex
Mystery surrounds missing Italian divers
India must halt case on Italy marine shooting
Fewer Italians want to be doctors
Tourists in Italy sold old fish and fake champagne
Naked Aussie wanted for Colosseum handstand
Italy's best-kept secrets: Ten must-see places
Ex-Italian MPs leave €20k tab at parliament bar
Juventus wins Italian Super Cup
Renzi defends reforms as jobless rate rises
Italian consulate bomb suspects killed in Cairo
Maritime court to hear Italy-India shooting case
Three Italians die in Australia road crash
Italian farm worker found dead in Australia
Italian activist in prison over Greece protest
2,700 migrants rescued off Italian coast
Ex-Pirelli managers jailed over absestos deaths
Italian marine gets six more months at home
Italian spying company hacked: reports
Italian nun brings life in DR Congo
Italy starts to recover 800 bodies from shipwreck
Record-breaking astronaut heads home
Italian nurse cured of Ebola
Matri's cup winner keeps Juve treble alive
Women's final scrapped over 'lesbian' slur
Italy's exports surge on back of non-EU demand
Federer sets up possible Nadal clash in Rome
Italian among victims in Kabul hotel attack
Federer and Murray roll on in Rome
Andy Murray set to decide on Italian Open
Italian 'took bare bottom snaps' at Angkor temple
Palestinian club thrives under Italian coach
Italian passport 14th 'most powerful' in world
Top ten problems of growing up multilingual
'No more survivors' from Italy migrant shipwreck
Italian girl injured in explosion on Thai island
'Italy’s probably the worst place for business'
Ten Italian words with other meanings abroad
Christmas cake 'stuffed with €250,000'
Is Easter lamb falling off the Italian menu?
Italian farmers fear end of EU milk quotas
Ten 'Italian' firms that aren't actually Italian
Sixty-five people have left Italy to join Isis
Italians 'don't love' their language
Italian crisp makers fined over 'healthy' claims
Italy 'can't rule out' threat of jihadists from Libya
Swiss skier dies in Italian avalanche
Why flirty Italians still don't do online dating
Bond meets Snowden: The HSBC whistleblower
Ten common mistakes Italians make in English
Italian jets stop Russian warplane over Baltic
Sergio Mattarella sworn in as Italian president
Piano virtuoso Aldo Ciccolini dies aged 89
Church official calls for journalist's release
Sicilian judge elected Italian president
Italian Erasmus student falls to death in Holland
Italian TV crew trapped in Auschwitz overnight
Football boss left red-faced over prank call
Italy's Senate green-lights new electoral law
Italy wrong to take child born to surrogate: ECHR
Writer on trial pleads freedom of expression
Fears for Italian family after Peru boat sinks
Couple told they can't call their child 'Nutella'
How to lose all your Italian friends in ten days
Italian sprinters cleared of doping claims
What did you think of the Pope's rabbit rant?
Italy seizes more than 5,000 looted artefacts
Italy Senate adopts electoral law framework
Top 15 English words reinvented by Italians
Radio boss arrested over Italian nuns' murder
EU wades into row over Italian marines in India
Freed Italian aid workers arrive in Rome
Italian aid workers held in Syria freed
India agrees to extend Italian marine's leave
Italian woman among Isis fighters
Italian held over poison sent to Czech ministers
Italian doctor cured of Ebola to leave hospital
'Kidnapped Italians in Syria' appear in video
2014
Sales of Italy's fizzy wine surge abroad
'All passengers off stricken ferry': Navy
Baby born in Milan to clinically dead mother
Rome ups the stakes in row over marines
Speed camera stolen as Italian traffic cops slept
Indian court refuses to extend marine's leave
Ferrari could move fiscal base away from Italy
Italian held in Morocco for alleged sexual assault
'Russian sanctions are not the solution': Italy FM
Italian Ebola patient's health improves
Drugs agency clears flu jab in Italy scare
New DNA twist to Pasolini murder mystery
Italian Ebola patient's health 'worsens slightly'
First tests of Novartis suspect flu jab negative
Italian man leaves million euro artwork on TGV
Chinese eclipse Italian bid for Club Med
Italy examines 13 deaths in Novartis flu jab probe
Italian Ebola patient in 'stable' condition
Former Ferrari boss named new Alitalia chief
Italy's looted treasures found in lawyer's home
Italy's Eni inks $6 billion oil deal with Ghana
Bra shop offers best prices for biggest busts
Italian doctor contracts Ebola in Sierra Leone
Italy's winemakers plan to defy EU label law
Crisis-hit Italian football set for reforms in 2016
Cameron Diaz flick rips off Italian novel: author
Renzi vows law change after asbestos case
Italian arrested in UK for compatriot's murder
Parma face points loss over unpaid wages
Italy captures mafia initiation rites on film
Mirren gets embroiled in Italian politics
Italian disco legend plans first album in 30 years
Italy boat migrants top 2,500 in one weekend
Second Italian freed in Libya
The Italian saving boat migrants
Italy's Bonomi trumps Chinese bid for Club Med
Italian artist sets out to find needle in haystack
Two detained after Italian police find Isis flag
Italian artist picked in €1.25m ECB makeover
L'Aquila: jailed scientists set to learn fate
Italians face ban from kissing police officers
Italian firms struck secret Luxembourg tax deal
Italian man, 87, weds son's partner for permit
Italian physicist Gianotti first woman to lead Cern
Kenyan priest guilty of murdering Italian bishop
Italian oil giant posts profit rise
Ferrari spin-off 'will preserve Italian heritage'
Italy head of state to testify at mafia trial
Italy mulls end to boat migrant rescue mission
Nine Italian banks fail European stress test
Soldier killed in Ottawa was Italian-Canadian
Italian couple get stuck in frolic at sea
Italian Olympic legend announces retirement
Luxottica founder takes control after CEO quits
Nurse 'killed 38 patients for being annoying'
China food giant buys into Italian olive oil
Newly found Mussolini film screened in Italy
Uefa punishes Italian FA boss over racist remarks
Italian judge rapped for breast blunder
Italian student tipped to win British X-Factor
'Gay marriages must be scrapped': Alfano
Ten Italian 'false friends' you need to watch out for
Qatar to host Italian Super Cup
Italian president to testify at mafia trial in October
Italian navy arrests 16 people smugglers
Italian police get backing for Taser gun trial-run
180 Italian couples in UK 'quickie' divorce scam
German minister praises Italy's reform efforts
Prada chiefs in tax evasion probe
eBay users snub Italy’s luxury official cars
Eni-Kogas begins search for Cyprus gas
Italian president must testify at mafia trial
Italian man 'robbed French nuns and priests'
Mother laments number of 'foreigners' at school
'Growing up bilingual can be a challenge'
Italian climber killed in Swiss Alps
Spielberg leaves €300 tip in Italian restaurant
Four mountaineers killed in Italian Alps
Cavalli fashion empire sued for 'copying graffiti'
Refugees protest against 'monotonous' Italian food
'The G-spot doesn't exist': Italian scientist
German tourists killed in Ischia car crash
Bono praises Renzi's leadership in letter
Italian businessman leads race for Club Med
Crisis-hit shops scrap traditional August break
Italian journalist killed in Gaza
'Banana eater' row: Tavecchio made FA boss
Alitalia averts bankruptcy with Etihad deal
Renzi wins: Senate agrees to neuter itself
Italian women kidnapped in Syria: report
More than 90,000 boat migrants saved this year
Italy defiant: we'll stay in Libya despite violence
Swiss-EU relations discussed in Rome
Italian fire-fighting jets to combat Libya oil inferno
Women who eat apples have better sex
'Shoot those bastard Zionists': Italian scholar
Couple sue Bank of Italy over 'worthless' 40m lire
Italian citizen killed in Malaysian Airlines crash
'Alitalia must cut jobs or face bankruptcy': Renzi
Three jailed for life for murder of Italian waiter
'Italy needs action on reforms': Weidmann
Italian property prices fall over ten percent
Capello summoned after Russia's World Cup flop
Italy's 'Superman' charged for pitch stunt
'We don't want Syria's weapons': Italian mayor
Chiellini calls for Fifa to reduce Suarez ban
'Suarez ban is excessive': Giorgio Chiellini
Italian football fans back their Dutch neighbours
Italian schoolgirl killed herself over China trip
Etihad saves crippled Alitalia with stake deal
1,900 children languish in Italy's adoption system
'My father's uncle killed Joe Petrosino'
'Berlusconi's career in politics is over'
'A song for our English friends'
Italian general to head UN force in Lebanon
'We need more Chinese investment in Italy': Renzi
Berlusconi slur 'embarrassed' Clinton
Italian man sues doctors for prolonged erection
Italian taxi drivers in Europe-wide protest
Italian navy rescues 2,500 migrants in 24 hours
'I'll continue to sing wherever the Lord wants'
Italian climber found dead in Peruvian Andes
Kidnapped Italian priests freed in Cameroon
Top 10 videos: How not to speak Italian
'Now it's time to change the EU': Matteo Renzi
Newspaper editor probed for casting EU vote twice
'PD is EU's number one progressive party'
Club Med takeover facing Italian rival
Italian navy rescues 133 migrant children
Facebook scraps Italian's account over lesbian kiss
Seven Italians among the world's richest
Italy approves postal service privatisation
Google honours Italian 'child prodigy'
Renzi sees 'signs of recovery' despite setback
Italian economy falls back in blow for Renzi
Electrolux strikes deal to save 1,200 jobs in Italy
Top MP says Eurovision star is 'horrible'
High taxes weigh down Italy's small firms
Businessman buys Italy's 'haunted island'
Renzi defends Expo despite bribes scandal
Italian police crack human smuggling ring
Colin Firth swearing in Italian goes viral
Ericsson workload killed Italian man: high court
Italian mafia suspected of shooting Monaco heiress
Italy's Finmeccanica switches to loss
Fiat Chrysler plans Alfa Romeo relaunch
Italy's borrowing costs fall below 3 percent
Elba marks Napoleon exile anniversary
Russian killed over 'drug dealing grudge'
Top ten English words adopted by Italians
We did not rule baptism a crime: court
Italian bank backs €5bn capital boost plan
Italy raises €371,400 from eBay luxury car sale
'Secret' Ostia is bigger than Pompeii
Outcry as Italy auctions off 'haunted island'
Ten words you didn't know came from Italy
'There is growing interest for Italian liqueurs'
IVF patient pregnant with wrong baby
Mystery deepens over boy's death in Rome
Rescued migrants were spotted by a drone
Diplomat 'lured children with clothes and sweets'
Italian diplomat held in child abuse probe
Sheikh seeks women in Italy for shopping blitz
Top ten: Quirky Italian royalty facts
Italian glamour celebrated in London
For sale on eBay: 419 Italian engineers
Italy gives go-ahead for radical Senate shake-up
Yemen troops free Italian kidnapped in Sanaa
Italian engineer missing in Libya
'The real Sherlock Holmes was Italian'
Italian PM says EU stability pact is 'stupid'
Oath fail stops Moroccan from becoming Italian
Italy's oldest bank surprises with huge loss
Prosecco knocks the fizz out of French rival
