Primo Levi: Auschwitz, un ricordo vicino e lontano
B2 Italian listening practice · Standard Italian · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 53s video in Italian at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 173 words per minute, rated 3.6/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸History - Historical events, eras, and the people who shaped the world.
- ▸Books & Reading - Books, literature, and reading culture.
From Maurizio Casu↗ on YouTube.Watch original
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 Italian listening practice listening practice?
90%
of words are in the top 2,000 most common Italian words
Based on this reel’s transcript, most of the vocabulary is high-frequency, everyday Italian.
General Italian frequency
87.7%
Top 1,000
90%
Top 2,000
93.8%
Top 5,000
Spoken Italian frequency
93.2%
Top 1,000
96.6%
Top 2,000
100%
Top 5,000
👄 Conversational vocabulary
This reel’s words appear more often in subtitle-based spoken-Italian data than in general usage, so it may feel closer to everyday conversation.
Words above this video’s level
Quick glosses for vocabulary that goes beyond this video’s B2 level.
hol
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
House of Lords
vicinissimo
1×
Rare / outside top 5,000
very close
auschwitz
4×
Rare / outside top 5,000
Auschwitz
prigionia
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
imprisonment
ricordo lontano e vicinissimo
1×
memory distant yet very close emotionally
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · OpenSubtitles 2018 (HermitDave) (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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