"La donna ha una farfalla."

Translation: The woman has a butterfly.

[CynthiaGJ]

When my italian boyfriend heard me say this sentence, he started laughing... farfalla also is slang meaning for something else a woman has (look it up).

[OhaiiGloria]

I also laughed as farfalla is what my nonna used to call it when I was younger

[Girishkorgaonkar]

Now you made it easy for me to remember...the strength bar for this word will always be full

[TannerHois]

Yup, a friend laughed at me when I told the young woman who worked at the cafe at my university "Mi piace la tua farfalla" (she had a tattoo).

[ArchjSM]

Would this be the equivalent of telling a girl you like her ❤❤❤❤❤ if she actually has a tattoo of a cat? This is meant as a serious question, I know it doesn't look like it.

[lumpydumpling]

Haha, I was wondering about this! Thanks for the heads up! :P

[dorsey13]

the pasta name now makes sense to me

[Euhan1]

It's only polite to eat your girlfriends pasta when she offers it.

[silkwarrior]

Yes, some are quite poetic. And then there's "priest stranglers"

[951.daUpn+DwcfpO]

I used the term 'lady' instead of 'woman' and this was not accepted. The words 'woman' and 'lady' are often interchangable in English. Is this not so in Italian?

[italikaren]

Oh this is easy to remember because it's like the pasta "farfalle" i.e. bowties

[eharwagon]

Can you "have butterflies" in Italian like the English expression for nervousness?

[servertime]

Since the topic is animals, the other alternatives (the incorrect ones) should also be animal-related.

[corbettf75]

The third choice is not in correct English; no English speaker would ever say "listens a butterfly". Multiple choice questions are a very poor form of question, but they should at least be grammatically correct.

[italikaren]

I agree. I accidentally clicked one that made no sense. Why is it even there??

[sclare92]

To make sure you know what's correct and what's incorrect.

[Mehefin14]

Marked wrong because I wrote lady not woman!