Mesmerizing

worldapprentice:

ITALIAN EXPRESSIONS
Raga - short for “ragazzi”; literally: “guys” (probably the most used)
Dai - it can be translated to “come on” and it’s pronounced like the English word “die” (so yeah it can create a little bit of misunderstanding)
Meno Male! - literally “less bad!”; but it means “thank God!”
Magari! - literally “maybe”; it’s the italian equivalent of “I wish!”
Basta - it means “that’s enough” “stop it” “enough”
Boh - literally this emoji: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ or “to have no clue”. (“Did we have homework for today” “boh”)
Quattro gatti - literally “four cats”; it means very few people. (Alla festa eravamo in quattro gatti - at the party we were in four cats)
Come Dio comanda - literally “as God commands”; something done properly, like it should be.
Spettegolare - to gossip
Toccare ferro - literally “to touch iron”; italian equivalent for “knock on wood” (yeah we touch iron instead)
alzare il gomito - literally: “to raise the elbow”; to drink too much (if someone raised the elbow he drank more than he should have)
Siga - short for “sigaretta” which means cigarette (would be “ciga” in English? Did I just invented a new slang word? Idk)
Ci sta - literally: “it fits” it means “that’s cool” “sounds good”
Fatti furbo - literally: “make yourself smart”; it means something like “wake up!” “open your eyes!”
Un limone - literally: “a lemon”; it’s a make out session