# 202: Quiz: 7 Everyday Italian Words Most Tourists Don’t Understand

An episode of [Learn Italian with Joy of Languages](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1217040140), 21 Oct 2025, 18 min.

Audio: https://adbarker.com/stream/kZsruxNUus3B5CELdV5CwnkP/aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/615cd05e-2c3d-4505-941a-58adf362e42a/6264c3b0-922a-4934-b6c9-2eaa534719db.mp3

Some Italian words confuse tourists because they’re hard to translate. Find out the meanings of these 7 everyday, untranslatable Italian words and expressions. Learn about our Online Italian School and get a free mini lesson every week: https://joyoflanguages.online/italian-school Subscribe to our new YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@joyoflanguages.italian?sub_confirmation=1 Get the bonus materials for this episode: https://italian.joyoflanguages.com/podcast/untranslatable-Italian-words Today's Italian words: Fare un giro = To go for a walk Apericena = Drinks and snacks for dinner (lit. aperitif dinner) Stuzzichini = Little snacks Fare la scarpetta = To mop up food with bread (lit. to do the little shoe) Boh = I don’t know Buon lavoro = Have a good day at work (lit. good work) Mamma mia, che caldo = My goodness (lit. my mother), how hot

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