❓'TE GONFIO' • I swell you, lit. 🎈⠀⠀
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💬 When someone accidentally spills liquid on your new laptop, you brutally say te gonfio.⠀⠀
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❓'NUN T'ALLARGÀ' • don’t enlarge yourself, lit.
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💬 When someone asks you a favor, but then he want also a slice of ass*, you say mo’ nun t’allargà!⠀⠀
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* better known as 'fetta de culo'⠀
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▪ Chi mena pe' primo mena du' vorte.⠀
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▫ Who leads first, leads twice, lit.
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It means that acting in advance leads to a situation of advantage over those who simply react.
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❓‘MORTACCI TUA’ • your fucking dead ones, lit.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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💬 When at the beach you fall asleep and someone throw a gavettone waking you up, you say mortacci tua!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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❓ ‘ACCHITTARSI’ • To doll you up, lit.⠀⠀
💬 When you have a special night out and you spend like 3 hours choosing what to wear, you te stai a acchittà. ⠀
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❓ ‘AVECCE 'NA CERTA’ • Having a certain (age), lit.⠀⠀
💬 When you discover that your driving licence has expired, it means that c’hai ‘na certa. 👵 ⠀
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❓ ‘BELLA’ • Beautiful, lit.⠀⠀
💬 When you need to say "hi, bye, good morning/evening/night, good job, nice to see you", all in just one word, you say bella. ⠀
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❓ ‘COR CAZZO’ • With the dick, lit.⠀⠀
💬 When you're drunk as fuck and someone asks you for the last cigarette you have, you say cor cazzo. ⠀
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❓ ‘A PALLA’ • At ball, lit.⠀⠀
💬 When you're in the car and the radio passes any Gigi D'Ag song, you raise the stereo a palla. ⠀
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❓ ‘FREGNA MOSCIA’ • Dull pussy, lit.⠀⠀
💬 When shake hands with a girl you just met to introduce yourself but her hand is lifeless, she probably is a fregna moscia. ⠀
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❓ ‘SCARPETTA (FÀ LA)’ • Little shoe, lit.⠀⠀
💬 When you order an Amatriciana and after having finished the pasta remains some sauce, you must do the scarpetta. ⠀
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❓ ‘TIÈ’ • Take that, lit.⠀⠀
💬 When you give something, when you show something, when you raise your middle finger up, you say tiè. ⠀
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❓ ‘CHE RATE’ • What a rate, lit.⠀⠀
💬When you take the sacchetto dell'umido and some rotten liquid touches your finger, you say che rate!⠀⠀
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Giulio II e i suoi affacci niente male. La scusa ufficiale è che da qui potesse benedire i pellegrini che arrivavano dal ponte. Qualcuno che ci crede?
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❓ ‘CHITTESENCULA’ • who buggers you, lit.
means something like ‘I don’t give a fuck about smth/smn’.
💬 When stasera gioca la roma and someone asks you to go out, you say ‘chittesencula’
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❓ "Sorcio" is the way romans calls mices or, more specifically, rats. It an also became a nickname, like 'Er Sorcio'.
💬 When you take a romantic walk by the Tiber and you see something swimming, that is probably a sorcio.
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