Verità
NOUN [feminine]
Meaning and English translation 🔖
Truth, Reality
🇬🇧 Quality of what conforms to objective reality.
🇮🇹 Caratteristica di ciò che è conforme alla realtà oggettiva.
| Masculine ♂️ | Feminine ♀️ | |
|---|---|---|
| Singular | - | la - una verità |
| Plural | - | le - delle verità |
Example sentences 💬
È difficile accettare la verità quando è dolorosa.
It is difficult to accept the truth when it is painful.
Ognuno ha la sua verità.
Everyone has their own truth.
Le verità nascoste dietro le apparenze possono essere sorprendenti.
The truths hidden behind appearances can be surprising.
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Idioms with verità 🇮🇹
In verità, Per la verità
→ In truth, Actually
Per la verità, la situazione è più complicata di quanto sembri.
Actually, the situation is more complicated than it seems.
A dire la verità
→ To tell the truth
A dire la verità, non mi piace molto questo film.
To tell the truth, I don't really like this movie.
La pura verità
→ The absolute truth
Ti sto dicendo la pura verità, credimi!
I'm telling you the absolute truth, believe me!
Momento della verità / Ora della verità
→ Moment of truth
È arrivato il momento della verità: tra poco sapremo i risultati dell'esame.
The moment of truth has arrived: we'll know the exam results soon.
La verità sta nel mezzo
→ The truth lies somewhere in between
Come sempre, la verità sta nel mezzo: non hanno ragione né gli uni né gli altri.
As always, the truth lies somewhere in between: neither side is completely right.
Un fondo di verità
→ A kernel of truth
In ogni leggenda c'è sempre un fondo di verità.
There's always a kernel of truth in every legend.
La dura verità
→ The hard truth
A volte la dura verità fa male, ma è meglio saperla.
Sometimes the hard truth hurts, but it's better to know it.
La verità nuda e cruda
→ The unvarnished truth
Non girarci intorno, dimmi la verità nuda e cruda.
Don't beat around the bush, tell me the unvarnished truth.
La bocca della verità
→ The Mouth of Truth
I bambini sono la bocca della verità: dicono sempre quello che pensano senza filtri.
Children are the mouth of truth: they always say what they think without filters.
Nient'altro che la verità
→ Nothing but the truth
Giuro di dire la verità, tutta la verità, nient'altro che la verità.
I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
Obbligo o verità
→ Truth or dare
Giochiamo a obbligo o verità?
Shall we play truth or dare?
Where does the word verità come from? 🔎
Verità comes from Latin veritas, which derives from verus, "true".
Did you know that... 🤓
Impress your italian friends with curious facts about Italy and its culture
The Mouth of Truth in Rome
Today I want to tell you about one of Rome's most famous places: the Mouth of Truth!
It's located in Bocca della Verità square, inside the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, where it was placed in 1632. It's a large marble disc with a carved face, and it's truly enormous: it measures almost 2 meters!
The other day, while I was guiding some foreign friends, I discovered many interesting things about its history. For example, did you know that it was originally just a Roman manhole cover? It was made during the reign of Tarquinius Superbus, Rome's last king. At that time, it was used for the Cloaca Maxima, the great sewer system that carried water from the area called Suburra to the Tiber River.
But the most interesting thing is the legend! Since 1485, people started calling it the "Mouth of Truth" because it was said to bite the hand of anyone who told lies.At that time, jealous husbands would bring their wives here: they had to put their hand in the mouth and swear they hadn't cheated on their husband!
The Mouth of Truth became even more famous in 1953 thanks to the movie "Roman Holiday," with Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck, and since then, outside the church is always full of people wanting to take a photo with the Mouth of Truth.
If you come to Rome, I recommend stopping by here and entering the basilica because it's one of the few churches with 12th-century architecture remaining in Rome, with a floor that is - truth be told - stunning!
