girare un film
Parola del giorno | Word of the day
Today's Parola del Giorno is the verb expression, girare un film, which means to shoot a film and can be used to describe both the actions of the director and actors.
See the expression used below in its context:
Nessun regista ha il permesso di girare un film nel Vaticano. Così molti sono costretti a recarsi in palazzi simili. Lo ha fatto anche Moretti in “Habemus Papam” e ha girato parte del film nel consolato francese a Roma.
No director has permission to shoot a film in the Vatican. So many are forced to go to similar buildings. Moretti also did it in "Habemus Papam", and he film a part of the film in the French consolate in Rome.
The verb girare can also mean:
to turn something, such as: girare una chiava to turn a key
to stir, such as: girare la salsa to stir the sauce
to tour, such as: girare gli Stati Uniti to tour the United States