dolce vita

[ dawl-che vee-tah; English dohl-chey vee-tuh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Italian.

sweet life; the good life perceived as one of physical pleasure and self-indulgence (usually preceded by la ).

dolce vita

/ ˈdɒltʃɪ ˈviːtə; ˈdoltʃe ˈvita /

Italian, literally: sweet life

Parisians have chic, Italians have la dolce vita, Brits have Evelyn Waugh—and Americans will always have cool.

Like Marcello in La Dolce Vita, Jep is a journalist and a flâneur with nothing to do.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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