So you think you've mastered your double consonants, you've got your vowels down pat and you roll your Rs like a pro? Test your Italian pronunciation with these tongue twisters. From crazy long words to some choice scioglilingua (literally 'tongue loosener', the Italian word for a tongue twister), here are ten ways to give your mouth a workout in Italian.
Precipitevolissimevolmente
This 26-letter word might refer to doing things quickly, but it isn't one you'll be rushing through. It's composed of precipitevole ('hasty'), the suffix ~issimo ('very') plus the ending ~mente (like ~ly in English, it turns an adjective into an adverb) – giving you an extremely long way to say 'very hastily'.
