Untranslatable Italian Words

Her: “You are such a mammoni.” Him: “Boh!”

Dec 03, 2025

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So far in this series we have presented our readers with an international mix of untranslatable words from various languages, e.g. this post with some German words. For REMORANDOM 3 we turned our attention to Italy. To that end, here are ten Italian words or phrases that have no English equivalent:

Abbiocco
Abbiocco refers to the specific drowsiness that …

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