Italian Words and Definitions

  • addestramento - lesson
  • Anziani - Elder (a title used by male missionaries, also, an office in the Priesthood)
  • biliotini - pass along cards
  • Caritas - like a soup kitchen, service 
  • città vecchia - old city
  • citofono - a little placard with the name and a bell at a person's front door
  • colega - companion
  • corso - English language classes
  • destramenti - training, instruction
  • DDM - District Meeting
  • Fratello - Brother (a title used by males at church)
  • gelato - a frozen dessert made with milk and eggs (like ice cream, but more like frozen custard)
  • Gesso - where you do a chalk drawing on a dark sheet and hand out biliotini
  • kabob - are a little like shawarma in a tortilla
  • lungomare (plural: lungomari) - a road or promenade that runs along the seashore
  • Permesso di Soggiorno - Permit to Stay. A permesso is my permit to stay in the country. It has to be started eight days after you arrive in the country or they can kick you out. http://www.lifeinitaly.com/moving/permit.asp
  • palazzo - similar to an apartment or condo
  • pranzo - lunch
  • scambio - exchanges, when a missionary companionship switches companions with another companionship for training or other purposes.
  • shawarma
  • simpatizzanti -  an investigator, someone who is taking the missionary lessons 
  • Sorella - Sister (a title used by female missionaries, and by females at church)
  • sorelle - sisters (plural?)