Word of the Week: Paura

| Mon, 10/28/2013 - 13:00

Boo!

As we enter Halloween week, the "Word of the Week" is of course PAURA - meaning fear/fright. 

Something scary in Italian "fa paura", while how scary is "che paura"!

To be afraid in Italian takes the verb "have" rather than be, "avere paura".

And now, to practice, watch this video by Italian singer Fiorella Mannoia, who claims, "Io non ho paura," "I am not afraid":