Sunflower in Italian is girasole with gira meaning turn and sole meaning sun. Turning towards the sun which is perfect since that is what sunflowers tend to do. I love translating Italian into English and English into Italian, it's not always the same for me and it makes learning and describing the language all the more fun for me. And for my kids too when they get into the habit of asking how to say some English word in Italian and then discussing whether they think it is a silly translation to them. Sunflower is a great example. When I explained to them gira means turn and sole means sun, they had asked why the English word wasn't turntosun? Good question, right?
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