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Parola del giorno | Word of the day

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Dec 20, 2021
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Hi all,

Back from Italy with some new words that I learned! The first comes from my friend Vito in Palermo who taught me the word mancìno, which means left-handed.

It can be used as both a noun and adjective to refer to a left-handed person or to describe someone who is left-handed.

It can also be used to describe soccer (football) players who kick with or play on their left side (left-footed).

The opposite is destrimano (destrimana, destrimani, destrimane), which means right-handed.

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Joel & Jan
Dec 20, 2021

An interesting point to remember as well: there is a brand of pasta "Mancini," and their fusili all have left-hand threads.

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