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speaking for the Italian side of things, 'sprezzatura' is a 16th century term, don't think I've ever heard it used by anybody before. Rather than 'sprezzatura'
by tetraodonpuffer 11y ago
speaking for the Italian side of things, 'sprezzatura' is a 16th century term, don't think I've ever heard it used by anybody before.
Rather than 'sprezzatura' I would have put something like 'bella figura' which is instead in wide use and not present in English as far as I can think of, it could be taken as meaning to present oneself at one's best, sort of like showing off but without the negative connotations associated to it.
This can be related to dress, or to doing something really well, to having really good etiquette, etc. etc.