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Le feste
Celebrations in Italy
Term | Definition |
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La festa della mamma | Mother’s Day |
La festa del papà | Father’s Day (celebrated on St Joseph’s Day in Italy) |
La festa di san Giuseppe | St Joseph’s Day |
La festa di san Valentino | Valentine’s Day |
Natale | Christmas |
Pasqua | Easter |
Carnevale | Carnival (Celebrated before the start of Lent) |
La Domenica della palme | Palm Sunday (the Sunday before Easter Sunday) |
Il Venerdì Santo | Good Friday (the Friday before Easter) |
Pasquetta | Easter Monday (the day after Easter Sunday) |
San Silvestro | New Year’s Eve |
Capodanno | New Year’s Day |
La festa della Repubblica | Italian Republic Day |
La festa della Liberazione | Liberation Day (celebrating the day Italy was liberated after WWII) |
L’onomastico | Name day (the day that celebrates the Saint who shares people’s names, e.g. la festa di san Marco is a day in which people who are called “Mark” are celebrated.). For many years this was considered more important than people’s birthday. |
L’anniversario delle nozze | Wedding anniversary |
Martedì grasso | Shrove Tuesday (“fat” Tuesday – the day before Ash Wednesday) – also known as Pancake Tuesday |
Il Mercoledì delle ceneri | Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent, a period of 40 days before Easter) |
Il compleanno | birthday |
Buon onomastico! | Happy name day! |
Auguri!/Buon compleanno! | Happy birthday! |
Tanti auguri! | Best wishes! |
Congratulazioni! | Congratulations! |
Befana (La festa dell'Epifania) | The Befana (The traditional old woman who brings Christmas presents to children in Italy) (on the feast of the Epiphany) |
Ferragosto | Feast of the Assumption of Mary (previously festival of Emperor Augustus) |