Premio Strega: Italy’s most prestigious literary award
The Premio Strega is Italy’s most prestigious and sought-after literary award.
[ˈalbero]
the tree
masculine noun
Categories: nature, spring
sg. | pl. |
l’albero | gli alberi |
Diminutive: l’alberello small tree
Let’s learn the names of the parts of a tree!
Fonte: fantavolando
la chioma | crown |
il frutto | fruit |
il fiore | blossom |
il ramo | branch |
la foglia | leaf |
la corteccia | cortex |
il tronco | trunk |
la radice | root |
Most alberi da frutto fruit trees are called in Italian like the fruit they produce… but in the male form! For example, the tree that makes le mele the apples is called il melo the apple tree. Funny, isn’t it?
L’ALBERO | I FRUTTI | IN INGLESE |
il melo | le mele | Apple tree > apples |
il pero | le pere | Pear tree > pears |
il ciliegio | le ciliegie | Cherry tree > cherries |
l’arancio | le arance | Orange tree > oranges |
il castagno | le castagne | Chestnut tree > chestnuts |
il pesco | le pesche | Peach tree > peaches |
il banano | le banane | Banana tree > bananas |
il limone | i limoni | Lemon tree > lemon |
il fico | i fichi | Fig tree > figs |
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The Premio Strega is Italy’s most prestigious and sought-after literary award.
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