The literal translation of the Italian phrase "sempre piu dim" is increasingly dim. "Sempre piu piano, rall" on the other hand is more and more plan, rall.
Italian is a Romance language spoken by about 60 million people in Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, Malta and Eritrea. There are also Italian speakers in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Australia, Canada, the USA and the UK.
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The purity of the Italian language is fiercely protected by the Accademia della Crusca, a society of linguists based in Florence.
Italian loves double consonants, but you'll rarely find an instance of double 'q'. One of the few words it features in is 'soqquadro', which can be translated as 'disarray' or 'shambles'.
Learn more about the Italian language by checking these mildly interesting facts shared by Thelocal.it.