B2 — Upper Intermediate🎨 Colors
Camicia rossa
Redshirt (Garibaldi's soldier)
Literal Translation
"Red shirt"
What it means
One of Garibaldi's volunteer soldiers, who wore red shirts in the 19th-century unification of Italy.
Example in context
"Le camicie rosse di Garibaldi unificarono l'Italia."
"Garibaldi's Redshirts unified Italy."
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