The story
In Italian towns the main street fills in the early evening with families and old men in jackets, all moving slowly and looking at each other. The passeggiata goes nowhere and is not meant to. English once called it a promenade.
passeggiata
pah-seh-JAH-tah[passedˈdʒaːta]
Pronunciation: Speaker: DivoLetto · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commonsthe slow evening stroll through town, to see and be seen
Closest in English: stroll, promenade, walk. None of them covers it.
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- Which language is it from?Italian
- When does it happen?In the early evening, before dinner
- Where would you hear it?A main street at seven, in good clothes
- What does it mean?An unhurried evening turn around town
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