What does curiosità in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word curiosità in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use curiosità in Italian.

The word curiosità in Italian means curiosity, interest, nosiness, oddity, strangeness, fun fact, out of curiosity, arouse curiosity, satisfy one's curiosity. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word curiosità

curiosity, interest

sostantivo femminile (interesse)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ho chiesto giusto per curiosità come era finita la sua domanda di lavoro in quell'azienda.
Out of curiosity I asked how his work application to that company had gone.

nosiness

sostantivo femminile (peggiorativo (desiderio di sapere)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La curiosità della portinaia ha già rovinato i rapporti tra alcuni condomini.
The caretaker's nosiness has already ruined the relationships between several condo owners.

oddity, strangeness, fun fact

sostantivo femminile (cosa strana o curiosa)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ti racconto una curiosità: il nostro nuovo collega è stato un campione di tiro a segno.
ⓘQuesta frase non è una traduzione della frase inglese. You can't deny the oddity (or: strangeness) of the situation.

out of curiosity

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
Per curiosità, quei due sono fidanzati?
Just out of curiosity: are these two together?

arouse curiosity

satisfy one's curiosity

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