Per Capodanno Anna indossa una giacca elegante.

For New Year’s Eve Anna wears an elegant jacket.

Breakdown of Per Capodanno Anna indossa una giacca elegante.

• Anna: Anna
• la giacca: the jacket
• per: for
• indossare: to wear

Questions & Answers about Per Capodanno Anna indossa una giacca elegante.

Why does the sentence start with Per Capodanno?

Per Capodanno means for New Year’s / at New Year’s time.

Here per is used to give the occasion or event something is connected to. It often means something like:

• for
• on the occasion of
• at

So Per Capodanno Anna indossa una giacca elegante means that this is what Anna wears for New Year’s.

Italian often puts this kind of time expression at the beginning of the sentence for context, but it could also come later:

• Anna indossa una giacca elegante per Capodanno.

That version is also natural.

What exactly does Capodanno mean?

Capodanno is the Italian word for New Year’s Day or, more broadly in many contexts, New Year’s as a holiday occasion.

It is a masculine singular noun:

• il Capodanno

In everyday usage, per Capodanno usually refers to the New Year celebration period, not just the calendar day in a strict technical sense.

Why is there no article before Capodanno in per Capodanno?