Topic: Italian

"Lo zucchero migliora la torta."

Translation:The sugar improves the cake.

July 19, 2013

14 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/Cielorea

    lo zucchero migliora mi vita

    June 25, 2015
    https://www.duolingo.com/Jae633849
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    • 543

    "Lo zucchero migliora la mia vita", but still, funny! :D

    January 4, 2019
    https://www.duolingo.com/Ex3mity
    • 673

    Anche i fianchi!

    August 1, 2018
    https://www.duolingo.com/philjank

      Can this not mean "sugar improves cake", without the articles?

      February 16, 2015
      https://www.duolingo.com/dieprinzessin
      • 143

      Should be right.

      April 2, 2015
      https://www.duolingo.com/silkwarrior

        but it's not accepted late June 15 - I am reporting - if "LO zucchero" can mean Sugar generically I see no reason why "LA torta" cannot mean cake generically..

        June 26, 2015
        https://www.duolingo.com/SarunasP

          I would argue - sugar makes the nutritional value of the cake go down

          August 4, 2017
          https://www.duolingo.com/Libellule808
          • 464

          Cake without sugar would be a nightmare.

          September 7, 2017
          https://www.duolingo.com/RachelGrif13

            Surely, sugar improves the cake (making it better) rather than bettering the cake (being better than it)?

            March 5, 2017
            https://www.duolingo.com/Libellule808
            • 464

            "Better" as a verb is synonymous with "improve." It does not mean "to be better."

            September 7, 2017
            https://www.duolingo.com/Ellssss

              migliora derives from the word meglio=better but in english the best translation for migliora (the comparative) is improve

              March 21, 2018
              https://www.duolingo.com/RosevonTexas
              • 94

              "Migliora," by the way, is a cognate with "ameliorate." (Both words mean [basically] to improve.)

              February 8, 2019
              https://www.duolingo.com/desifromitaly

                The correct pronunciation of "torta" is "tórta" (acute accent), not "tòrta" (grave accent).

                February 28, 2016
                https://www.duolingo.com/Fjompeji

                  Sugar improves everything.

                  May 1, 2017
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