Daily Italian: Lavandino (sink/washbasin)

one word sink Italian is sink.A word of northern origin from which it is derived Lavender significance'wash' or'washing'.

It is a masculine noun, so it requires the following definite and indefinite articles:

In most of Italy you can use sink to describe a kitchen sink or a bathroom sink No one will blink.However, you may want to use these terms to specify what you are talking about kitchen sink (kitchen sink) or bathroom sink (bathroom sink).

There are also many possible synonyms, and there are many regional differences, as follows:

• sink = General term for Italian bathroom sink
• sink = Generic term for Italian kitchen sink
• aquayo = used in Tuscany to refer to a kitchen sink, rather than a bathroom sink
• bucket = used in Emilia Romagna to refer to the kitchen sink

Interestingly, sink The word also refers to someone who eats a lot without regard to the quality of the food or the hygiene of the place where it is stored. Try saying “Hey, you're the sink!” (“Hey, you’re a glutton!” – or literally “You’re a kitchen sink!”) Next time your son or daughter decides to raid the refrigerator!

Heather Broster is a graduate with honors in linguistics from the University of Western Ontario. She is an aspiring polyglot, fluent in English and Italian, as well as varying degrees of fluency in Japanese, Welsh and French. Originally from Toronto, Heather has lived in several countries, notably Italy for six years. Her main research areas are language acquisition, education and bilingual teaching.