Che barba! (literally: What a beard.)
Idiom: Che barba and che noia
Pronounce: kay bahr-ba; kay noy-ya. Means: How annoying, how boring. My Gay mafia uses these two together: Che noia che barba che noia! If someone is telling you that they had to sit next to their boring podiatrist uncle for the whole wedding, you'd sympathize by saying, che barba.
Mannaggia - Darn! This is perhaps one of the tamest of all Italian curse words, often used even with small children, and expresses displeasure or sympathy. Can also be used as a very mild rebuke: “Mannaggia a te” or “Darn you”. “Mannaggia, hanno finito la ricotta fresca!” - “Darn, they're out of fresh ricotta!”
Some of the most popular Italian swear words are "vaffanculo" (f***), "cazzo" (d***), "coglioni" (testicles), "puttana" (b****).
written by January 23, 2012. Pronounced in English, 'skeefo,' it is, fo sho, one of the most fun words to use in Italian. Somewhat onomatopoeic in my opinion, it means; disgusting, crappy, rubbish, awful, stinks, revolting.
che peccato! what a shame or pity!
Che puzza! That smells awful! It stinks! femminile. Still having difficulties with 'Che puzza!'
how are you doing?
What is it? Che cos'è? = What is it? In informal Italian, it isn't necessary to use a pronoun to express the concept of 'it'.
(tuʃeɪ ) convention. You say touché when you want to admit that the other person in an argument has won a point, usually with a short and witty remark. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
chinche, el ~ (m) (fastidioso) bully, the ~ Noun. tormentor, the ~ Noun. nuisance, the ~ Noun.
che noia! what a bore!; (fastidio) what a nuisance! che noia, quel film! the film was so boring!
Translation of "buonissimo" in English. Adjective. delicious. very good. yummy.
mâche in American English
(mɑʃ ; French maʃ ) or mache (mɑʃ ; French maʃ ) noun. corn salad.
che tristezza! how sad!
CHE SI DICE/CHE MI RACCONTI? These are two casual ways to ask someone to tell you about what's new. Like What's up? in English, you're inviting someone to talk to you about how they are and what they've been doing.
Sometimes male che vada is, in fact, downright optimistic. It can be the equivalent of 'at worst' or 'at the very least', something you say to indicate that even the worst-case scenario really isn't that bad.
– Tutto bene? – Tutto bene. –Is everything alright? –Everything's fine.
Translation of "tutto vero" in English. all true real. quite accurate. entirely true.
Origin of tutto
1. <Italian: all, whole <Latin tōtus.
Translation of "che tenerezza" in English. how sweet. that's sweet. that's adorable. that's so cute.
Italian Phrase of the Week: Come ti chiami? (What is your name?)
The basic group is known as a "family", "clan", or cosca. Each family claims sovereignty over a territory, usually a town, village or neighbourhood (borgata) of a larger city, in which it operates its rackets. Its members call themselves "men of honour", although the public often refers to them as mafiosi.
Cincai, or pronounced like, "Chin-chai" means whatever or take it easy. Usually, this word is used for troublesome situations but some people do not want to overthink the situation.
Che is mainly used as a vocative to call someone's attention (akin to "mate!" or "buddy!" in English), but it is often used as filler too (akin to "right" or "so" in English). The Argentine revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara earned his nickname from his frequent use of the expression, which amused his Cuban comrades.