One of the most well-known symbols of Christmas is nutcrackercalled nutcracker in Italian.
nutcracker Made up of two parts: verb squash (smash) and plural nouns night (Walnut). It is an invariant masculine noun, which means that its plural form does not change.
- nutcracker = nutcracker
- nutcracker = nutcracker
- nutcracker = nutcracker
- nutcracker = (some) nutcrackers
Where do we want to place our nutcrackers this year? On the windowsill?
Where do we want to place our nutcrackers this year? On the windowsill?
classic standing timber soldier nutcracker (nutcracker soldier) originated in the Sonneberg and Ezerberge regions of eastern Germany in the early 19th century. Wilhelm Fuctner began commercial production of these wooden nutcrackers in 1872.
While the original primary purpose of these items was to crack nuts with soldiers' jaws, they have evolved into widely accepted decorative accents in homes around the world, including in Italy.
I cracked the nutshell open with the jaws of a nutcracker.
I used the jaws of a nutcracker to crack the shells of the walnuts.
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.
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