Risotto alla milanese: preparazione passo dopo passo

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B2 Italian listening practice · Italian · Curated for upper-intermediate learners

About this clip

A 7:14 video in Italian at B2 level, suitable for upper-intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 127 words per minute, rated 2.4/5, easy listening difficulty by Reelang’s algorithm.

What this clip covers:
  • Food & Cooking - Recipes, restaurant reviews, street food, and kitchen vocabulary.

Vocabulary frequency

How common is the vocabulary in this B2 Italian listening practice listening practice?

83%
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

77.8%
Top 1,000
83%
Top 2,000
90.1%
Top 5,000

Spoken Italian frequency

89.3%
Top 1,000
93.2%
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.

tostatura
Rare / outside top 5,000
toasting (for cooking)
zafferano
Rare / outside top 5,000
saffron (spice)
mantecare
Rare / outside top 5,000
to stir in (fat)
pentolino
Rare / outside top 5,000
small pot
mise en place
organized setup for cooking preparation

Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · OpenSubtitles 2018 (HermitDave) (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.

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