Buona Befana!
Ecco il mio regalo della Befana per te! / Happy Epiphany! Here’s my Befana gift for you!
Vocab List: Click here for a printable version
- Befana – Grandmotherly witch who delivers presents on the eve of Epiphany
- Epifania – Epiphany, a religious holiday in Italy on Jan 6
- festività – religious holiday
- tre magi – the three wise men/Magi
- scopa – broom, la Befana’s mode of transport
- volare – to fly
- camino – chimney, how Befana enters children’s homes
- fuliggine – soot. Befana is said to be covered in soot from entering via chimneys
- regali – gifts
- caramelle – sweets, candies
- calze – stockings, where la Befana puts the gifts and sweets
- bravi bambini – good children
- bambini cattivi – naughty children
- carbone – coal, what the naughty children receive
- strega nonna – grandmother-witch
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