inciampare (in + qualcosa)
Parola del giorno
Today’s Parola del giorno is the verb inciampare (in + qualcosa), which means to trop over something.
In Italy, it was reported that a painting was torn by a tourist who tripped. You can read about the story here in the Giornale dell’Arte.
In the meantime, check out our example below:
Povero Marco! È sempre goffo e non sta mai attento all'ambiente circostante. Ieri, al centro commerciale, ha fatto un casino dopo essere inciampato in un tappeto e aver fatto cadere dei manichini.
Poor Marco! He is always clumsy and never pays attention to his surrounding environment. Yesterday at the mall he caused a racket after having tripped on a rug and knocked down some mannequins.