Sentence examples for Italian means from inspiring English sources

"The word espresso, in Italian, means quick.

Gusto, after all, in Italian, means taste, goût to the French.

To his admirers, Mr. Paladino no doubt suits his name, which in Italian means paladin, a knight or heroic champion.

Bill Capacchione — proudly noting that his surname in Italian means hard head — came upon Hosea's tackling camps and became a quick convert.

As Claudio Luti, the chief executive of Kartell and newly reinstated president of the Salone, noted, the word in Italian means not just polluting but also cross-fertilizing.

A handsome set of wine shelves, and a serious wine list to go with them, serve as a reminder that tappo, in Italian, means cork.

Then, as now, Italian was the Island's favorite cuisine, but Italian meant something different then on the fine-dining scene.

To Mr. Cuomo, Ms. Laurino writes in her book, "being Italian meant overcoming the urge to hide the impoverished land of your ancestry".

"Eating Italian" meant something more exotic than spaghetti bolognese, while with the appearance of Vietnamese, Japanese, Thai and high-quality Chinese restaurants, chicken chow mein ceased to be the Asian culinary frontier.

Not really paying attention, but based on what I know of French and Spanish, I thought the first phrase she uttered in Italian meant, "Give me the large shrimp". No.

The district of Viterbo is mainly rural, with a pro-capita yearly income close to the Italian mean (24,000 €), the educational level of the population is similar (9% did not complete middle school and 31% have a high school degree; the national figures are 10%and33%3%, data from the National Institute of Statistics – ISTAT), and it has an immigrant population of 3.4% (the Italian average is 3.5%).