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One sentence of «Cappuccetto Rosso»


Sentence 3 of 43 · Cappuccetto Rosso, Carlo Collodi, after Charles Perrault, 1875

Quella buona donna di sua madre le aveva fatto fare un cappuccetto rosso, il quale le tornava così bene a viso, che la chiamavano dappertutto Cappuccetto Rosso.

That good woman, her mother, had had a little red hood made for her, which suited her face so well that everywhere they called her Little Red Riding Hood.

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Quella quellothat; those (quei, quella); quello che — what, that which (adj.)
buona buonogood (saresti buono a — would you be able to) (adj.)
donna donnawoman (n., f.)
di diof, from; than (also di’ — the imperative of dire, printed with an apostrophe) (prep.)
sua suohis, her, its; Sua Maestà — His Majesty (adj.)
madre madremother (n., f.)
le lethe (feminine plural); to her; them (f.) (art.)
aveva avereto have (avea, aveano — old forms of aveva, avevano) (v.)
fatto fareto do, to make; farsi — to become; far fare — to have something made; fo — old form of faccio (v.)
un una, an (masculine; un’ before a feminine vowel) (art.)
cappuccetto cappuccettolittle hood, small cap (n., m.)
rosso rossored (adj.)
il ilthe (masculine singular) (art.)
quale qualewhich; davanti alla quale — in front of which (pron.)
tornava tornareto return, to go back; tornare a — to do again; tornare bene — to suit; di torno — out of the way (v.)
così cosìso, thus; in this way (adv.)
bene benewell; verrà bene — it will turn out well (adv.)
a ato, at; in (a before a vowel: ad) (prep.)
viso visoface (n., m.)
che chethat, which, who; what (che cosa); than (conj.)
la lathe (feminine); her, it (object); she (Tuscan subject) (art.)
chiamavano chiamareto call; mandare a chiamare — to send for (v.)
dappertutto dappertuttoeverywhere (adv.)
Cappuccetto CappuccettoLittle Hood, Little Red Riding Hood’s name (proper name)
Rosso RossoRed, as in Cappuccetto Rosso — Little Red Riding Hood (proper name)

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