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Friday, March 3, 2023

In casa sua

In casa sua ciascuno è re.

Vocabulary: casa: house, home. suo: his, her. ciascuno: each one, everyone. re: king.

Notes: This English saying expresses the same idea but in a different way: "A man's home is his castle."

Val più un asino

Val più un asino vivo che un dottore morto.

Vocabulary: valere: to be worth, count. asino: donkey. vivo: alive, living. dottore: doctor, scholar. morto: dead.

Notes: The form "val" is shortened from "vale," i.e. "vale più," is worth more. Compare this similar saying: Meglio un cane vivo che un leone morto.



Meglio un cane vivo

Meglio un cane vivo che un leone morto.

Vocabulary: meglio: better. cane: dog. vivo: alive, living. leone: lion. morto: dead.

Notes: This saying comes from the book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible. Compare this similar saying: Val più un asino vivo che un dottore morto.



Muove la coda il cane

Muove la coda il cane non per te, ma per il pane.

Vocabulary: muovere: to move. coda: tail. cane: dog. tu: you (singular). pane: bread.

Notes: This is a rhyming proverb: cane-pane.

Il cane rode l’osso

Il cane rode l’osso perché non può inghiottirlo.

Vocabulary: cane: dog. rodere: to gnaw, chew. osso: bone. potere: can, to be able. inghiottire: to swallow.

Notes: The word "inghiottirlo" is a contraction: inghiottire-lo (osso), to swallow it (the bone).

Cane vecchio

Cane vecchio non abbaia invano.

Vocabulary: cane: dog. vecchio: old. abbaiare: to bark. invano: in vain, for no reason.

Notes: The idea is that you should trust the old dog, even if you don't know why he's barking.


Friday, February 24, 2023

La cruz en los pechos

La cruz en los pechos, y el diablo en los hechos.

Vocabulary: cruz: cross. pecho: chest, breast. diablo: devil. hecho: fact, act, deed.

Notes: This is a rhyming proverb: pechos-hechos.


Thursday, February 23, 2023

Oración de perro

Oración de perro no va al cielo.

Vocabulary: oración: prayer, sentence. perro: dog. ir: to go, get to, come. cielo: sky, heaven.

Notes: Compare a similar Italian saying about the donkey: Raglio d’asino non arriva mai in cielo.


Del árbol caído

Del árbol caído todos hacen leña.

Vocabulary: árbol: tree. caer: to fall. todo: all, every. hacer: to make, do. leña: wood, firewood.

Notes: The form "caído" is a participle meaning "fallen."


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