Parola del giorno e la lingua italiana

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Parola del giorno | Word of the day

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Sep 8, 2021
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Today's Parola del Giorno is the invariable adjective1, strappalàcrime, which means tear-jerker. 2

This adjective usually refers to books, stories, or movies, but it is often used ironically to describe other things (it was used to describe a letter of resignation written by Sandro Bondi, Minister of Culture in one of the former Berlusconi governments).  

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