What are some Italian slang words?

10 Essential Italian Slang Words & Expressions

• Che figo! | How awesome!
• Che schifo! | That’s gross!
• In bocca al lupo | Good luck, Break a leg. Click play to hear it pronounced:
• Fregatura | Rip off. Click play to hear it pronounced:
• Figurati!
• I vecchi | Parents.
• Mannaggia | Damn!
• Devo filare | I gotta run/jet.

What is a Scumbari?

sciaquadell’ – whore (sciacquata) [shock-wa-DELL] scumbari – disheveled (scumbari) [shkoom-baa-REE] sigilian’ – Sicilian (siciliano) [sih-jeel-YAAN] sorda – money (soldi) [SOAL-dee] sorda – sister (sorella) [SOAR-duh]

What does Chadrool mean in Italian?

jadrool (plural jadrools) (slang, US, Italian American) A loser; a bum.

What is Gagootz in Italian?

Gagootz is an Italian-American word for zucchini. It derives from the name of an Italian squash cucuzza.

What does Gagootz mean in Italian slang?

— If you’re on Staten Island and you hear someone ask, “Ay, what are you, GAGOOTZ?” It means your “crazy in the head.” But if you’re in, say, a mature, Italian-American gentleman’s garden, that “gagootz” refers to a long, hanging squash typically harvested in August.

What is a Gavone in Italian?

Gavone: Also cafone, which translates as “boor.” This country-bumpkin designation usually implies crude manners. Correct usage: “Don’t be a gavone and eat all the cannoli.” Oobatz: Look hard and you’ll see pazzo, the Italian word for “crazy.”

Why do Italians say Chooch?

Yes, Chooch means “a person without common sense” in Italian slang, from the word ciuccio, from which “chooch” is derived. However, in the south of Italy, Chooch also means donkey, something akin to the American slang of similar meaning, or in other words, an “idiot”.

What does the Italian word Minaj mean?

It’s an exclamation you can use when you’re impatient, irritated, frustrated or disappointed, much like ‘damn! ‘ Mannaggia, che guaio. Damn, what a mess.

What does the Italian word Fongool mean?

It is an Americanized version of Italian profanity. The original phrase is Va’ a fare in culo, often shortened to vaffanculo, or just fanculo. This literally means “go do it in an ass” and is similar to the English phrase fuck you.

What does butana mean?

prostitute , whore. Synonym. prostituta. (Translation of puttana from the GLOBAL Italian–English Dictionary © 2018 K Dictionaries Ltd)

Where does the slang term Jamoke come from?

Also spelled jamook, giamoke, and giamope, the term as used for an idiot has also been suggested to derive from a dialectal Italian (Neapolitan or Sicilian) word giamope. In the 1960s it also began to be used as slang for male genitalia.

Which is the best dictionary for Italian slang?

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Can a Jamoke be used as a portable desk?

Take your pick. — John Kass Why hasn’t anyone thought of inventing a laptop case that converts into a portable office so that when a jamoke like me is stuck in a joint like this, he can use the case as a portable work desk? — Jeffrey L. Seglin

What do you call an idiot in Italian?

boombots – nickname for an idiot ( u’ pazzo ); Note: As in “Vinnie Boombots” [boom-BAATS] brosciutt’/prosciutt’ – italian ham ( prosciutto) [BRAAJH-oot]/ [PRAAJH-oot] buttagots/butta’ gazz’ – annoying idiot ( buttana u’ cazzo) [boo-taa-GAATS] buttann’/puttann’ – b_tch/whore ( putanna ); Note: more mild than “sciaquadell” [boo-TAAN]