Italian Word of the Day: Ballare

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Ballare

Meaning: To dance

Part of Speech: Verb

Translation: During the village festival, everyone loves to dance the tarantella.

Context: Durante la festa del paese, tutti amano ballare la tarantella.

Cultural nugget: The tarantella, a lively folk dance from Southern Italy, was once believed to cure the bite of a tarantula spider through energetic movement.

Ballare

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