Today’s words are part of us Italian Christmas Word Advent Calendar Series. Every day throughout December, we will post a word or phrase related to the holidays. enjoy!
Christmas is here again, if you are learning Italian, you may want to know what Christmas is called in Italy!
Christmas
/na · tà · le/
(Masculine noun)
Christmas
Unlike the English word Christmas, there is no explicit mention of Christ here, but a direct reference to him born (born).In fact, the etymology of the word Christmas Can be traced back to Latin Natalie (Male), An ellipsis Christmas (“The day of the birth of Christ”), which in turn comes from the Latin adjective Natalis,exist”About birth“.
Some commonly used terms related to Christmas include:
Christmas is here!
Christmas is here!
Outside the christmas ball, Christmas Mainly used as an adjective, meaning “born” or “local”, as in terms hometown (hometown), motherland (native land) and Christmas (birth year). However, in literary Italian, it also means “Day of birth“Or, in its plural form Natali, born or origin.
A popular Italian proverb is Christmas with you, Easter And anyone you want Literally means Spend Christmas with your family and Easter with anyone. I’m not sure if I will agree, but who can argue with an old proverb! 😉
