l'ora legale
Daylight saving time in Italian
l’ora legale daylight saving time
Vocabolario
l’ora legale daylight saving time (when daylight saving time begins, and our clocks move ahead; “Spring forward, fall back”)
Daylight saving time is known as l’ora legale in Italian. It is when we turn our clocks ahead one hour (“spring forward”). When daylight saving time ends in October, l’ora solare returns, and we roll our clocks back one hour (“fall back”).
In the United States, Daylight Saving Time (DST) occurs two weeks before Italy and most European countries. Thus, for two weeks, the time difference is only 5 hours ahead instead of the usual 6 if you’re on the US East Coast or in the Eastern Standard Time Zone like me.
l’ora solare solar time, standard time (when daylight saving time ends, and our clocks move back)
l’orologio, gli orologi1 clock, clocks
l’orologio portatile da polso wrist watch
l’orologio portatile da taschino pocket watch; also known as una cipolla or l’orologio a cipolla
la lancetta, le lancette hand, hands (on a clock)
avanti ahead, forward; can also mean ‘fast’ when talking about a clock/watch that keeps time too fast.
Il mio orologio è avanti di dieci minuti.
My watch is 10 minutes fast.
indietro back; can also mean ‘slow’:
Il mio orologio è indietro di cinque minuti.
My watch is 5 minutes slow.
portare l’orologio avanti di un’ora to turn the clock forward an hour, to turn the clock ahead an hour
spostare (in) avanti le lancette dell’orologio/degli orologi to turn/to move the clock forward an hour
portare l’orologio indietro di un’ora to turn/to move the clock back an hour
spostare indietro le lancette dell’orologio/degli orologi to turn the clock back an hour
Other time expressions
avere le ore contate to live on borrowed time
in punto sharp or on the dot
La festa inizia alle 18 in punto!
The party starts at 6:00 PM on the dot!
Also, l’orologio also means watch.