passeggiata
Language: Italian · [passedˈdʒaːta] · Pronunciation: pah-seh-JAH-tah
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Meaning
the slow evening stroll through town, to see and be seen
The story
In Italian towns the main street fills in the early evening with families and old men in jackets, all moving slowly and looking at each other. The passeggiata goes nowhere and is not meant to. English once called it a promenade.
The four rounds
- Which language is it from?
- Italian
- When does it happen?
- In the early evening, before dinner
- Where would you hear it?
- A main street at seven, in good clothes
- What does it mean?
- An unhurried evening turn around town
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