Spaghetti alla carbonara fatti in casa

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B1 Italian listening practice · Italian · Curated for intermediate learners

About this clip

A 4:22 video in Italian at B1 level, suitable for intermediate learners. The speech is at a natural pace around 116 words per minute, rated 1.9/5, 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 B1 Italian listening practice listening practice?

87.3%
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

81%
Top 1,000
87.3%
Top 2,000
91.4%
Top 5,000

Spoken Italian frequency

90.3%
Top 1,000
94.4%
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 B1 level.

guanciale
Rare / outside top 5,000
cured pork cheek
cotenna
Rare / outside top 5,000
pork rind
spegniamo
Rare / outside top 5,000
we turn off
abbrustolire
Rare / outside top 5,000
to brown, toast
buttiamo
Rare / outside top 5,000
we throw in
fare abbrustolire del bene
cook until nicely browned

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

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