Three consonants in a row in Italian
You make fresh orange juice in the kitchen of your rental and before leaving you have to leave the table clean.
The phrase
Ti preparo una spremuta di arance prima di uscire?10 words10 sentences
The ten words
- spremuta/spreˈmuta/
fresh juicenoun
Juice made on the spot by squeezing fruit.
- spremere/ˈsprɛmere/
to squeezeverb
To press fruit to get the juice out.
- sprecare/spreˈkare/
to wasteverb
To throw away something that was still useful.
- strizzare/stritˈtsare/
to wring outverb
To twist a wet cloth to squeeze the water out.
- strofinare/strofiˈnare/
to scrubverb
To rub a surface hard, back and forth.
- spruzzare/sprutˈtsare/
to sprayverb
To send out a liquid in small drops.
- sbriciolare/zbritʃoˈlare/
to crumbleverb
To break into very small pieces.
- sgombro/ˈzɡombro/
clearadjective
Free, with nothing left in the way.
- strano/ˈstrano/
strangeadjective
Different from usual.
- sbrigare/zbriˈɡare/
to hurry throughverb
To finish a job quickly.
The sentences
Ti preparo una spremuta di arance prima di uscire?
Shall I make you some fresh orange juice before we go?
Aiutami a spremere le arance, sono troppe per me.
Help me squeeze the oranges, there are too many for me.
Non sprecare il succo, bevilo tutto prima di uscire.
Don't waste the juice, drink it all before we go.
Devi strizzare bene la spugna prima di pulire il tavolo.
You need to wring out the sponge well before cleaning the table.
Bisogna strofinare forte, il succo si è attaccato al tavolo.
You have to scrub hard, the juice stuck to the table.
Attento a non spruzzare il succo sui vestiti.
Careful not to spray juice on your clothes.
Cerca di non sbriciolare il pane sul tavolo pulito.
Try not to crumble bread on the clean table.
Il tavolo deve restare sgombro prima che arrivi il proprietario.
The table has to stay clear before the owner arrives.
Questo succo ha un sapore strano, le arance erano vecchie?
This juice tastes strange, were the oranges old?
Dobbiamo sbrigare le pulizie in cucina prima di uscire.
We need to hurry through the cleaning in the kitchen before we go.
Pronunciation
spremere/ˈsprɛmere/
The stress falls on the first syllable, SPRE-me-re, not the second.
strizzare/stritˈtsare/
The double z is long and voiceless, like in pizza.
sgombro/ˈzɡombro/
The s before the g is voiced, like the s in rose.
Good to know
- casa in affitto breve
- Many short-term rentals ask you to leave the kitchen tidy before you go, even though someone comes later to do the real cleaning.
- spremuta al bar
- Fresh orange juice is a very common morning drink at Italian bars, usually squeezed on the spot in front of you.
- proprietario di casa
- People renting a short-stay apartment often only meet the owner or manager on arrival and departure, not during the stay.
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- How do you say fresh orange juice in Italian?
- It's a spremuta, juice made on the spot by squeezing fruit.
- What's the Italian word for wringing out a sponge?
- Strizzare means to twist a wet cloth to squeeze the water out.
- What does sgombro mean in this context?
- Sgombro means clear, free with nothing left in the way, as in keeping a table clear.