La mia carbonara come la faccio io
B2 Italian listening practice · Italian · Curated for upper-intermediate learners
About this clip
A 9:33 video in Italian at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 132 words per minute, rated 3.5/5, medium listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.
What this clip covers:
- ▸Food & Cooking - Recipes, restaurant reviews, street food, and kitchen vocabulary.
From Chef Max Mariola↗ on YouTube.Watch original→
Vocabulary frequency
How common is the vocabulary in this B2 Italian listening practice listening practice?
90.3%
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
86%
Top 1,000
90.3%
Top 2,000
96.3%
Top 5,000
Spoken Italian frequency
90.5%
Top 1,000
95.8%
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.
guanciale
8×
Rare / outside top 5,000
pork cheek
grassetto
4×
Rare / outside top 5,000
bold (text style)
spaghetto
4×
Rare / outside top 5,000
thin spaghetti
affumicata
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
smoked
attimino
2×
Rare / outside top 5,000
little moment
buona vita menamara
1×
good life with a twist or surprise
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · OpenSubtitles 2018 (HermitDave) (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
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