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One sentence of «Cappuccetto Rosso»


Sentence 42 of 43 · Cappuccetto Rosso, Carlo Collodi, after Charles Perrault, 1875

E nel dir così, quel malanno di Lupo si gettò sul povero Cappuccetto Rosso, e ne fece un boccone.

And so saying, that scoundrel of a Wolf threw himself on poor Little Red Riding Hood and made a single mouthful of her.

Every word in it

As printedDictionary formMeaning
E eand (ed before a vowel) (conj.)
nel nelin the (in + il) (art./prep.)
dir direto say, to tell; aver da dire — to have dealings (v.)
così cosìso, thus; in this way (adv.)
quel quellothat; those (quei, quella); quello che — what, that which (adj.)
malanno malannomisfortune, plague; Malanno a… — a pox on… (n., m.)
di diof, from; than (also di’ — the imperative of dire, printed with an apostrophe) (prep.)
Lupo lupowolf (n., m.)
si sioneself, himself, themselves (reflexive); one (impersonal: si vedeva — could be seen) (pron.)
gettò gettareto throw; gettarsi su — to throw oneself upon (v.)
sul sulon the (su + il) (art./prep.)
povero poveropoor (adj.)
Cappuccetto CappuccettoLittle Hood, Little Red Riding Hood’s name (proper name)
Rosso RossoRed, as in Cappuccetto Rosso — Little Red Riding Hood (proper name)
ne neof it, of them; from there (se ne stava — he stood there) (pron.)
fece 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.)
boccone bocconemouthful, morsel (n., m.)

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