Vocabolario di slang e modi di dire in inglese: 448 parole
Sound like a local — common colloquial words and idioms with their natural equivalents in each language (English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese). Questa pagina ne elenca 40 con la traduzione in inglese, e poi ti fa esercitare l’intero insieme in entrambe le direzioni con la ripetizione dilazionata.
Da Italiano a Inglese: le prime 40 parole
| Italiano | Inglese | Note |
|---|---|---|
| figo | cool | Impressively good, stylish or admirable in casual praise. Not about low temperature. |
| fantastico | awesome | Extremely good, said with enthusiasm about something you really like. |
| tipo | guy, dude | Informal for a person; friendly, not insulting in casual speech. |
| passare il tempo | to hang out | To spend unhurried free time somewhere, usually with friends. |
| rilassarsi | to chill, relax | To let go of tension and rest calmly after effort or stress. |
| Neanche per sogno! | No way! | An emphatic refusal meaning absolutely not, under no circumstances. |
| Forte, vero? | Awesome, right? | A casual tag inviting the listener to agree that something is great. |
| è un gioco da ragazzi | It's a piece of cake | Idiom: very easy to do, not about actual cake. |
| piove a catinelle | It's raining cats and dogs | Idiom: heavy rain, not animals falling. |
| costare un occhio della testa | to cost an arm and a leg | Idiom: extremely expensive, not literal body parts. |
| prendere in giro | to pull someone's leg | Idiom: to tease or joke with someone, not physical. |
| essere al verde | to be broke | Having no money, not damaged or injured. |
| parli del diavolo | Speak of the devil | Idiom: person arrives just as you mention them. |
| non fa per me | not my cup of tea | Idiom: not something you like or enjoy. |
| colpire nel segno | to hit the nail on the head | Idiom: to say or do exactly the right thing. |
| in bocca al lupo! | Good luck! | Said before a performance or challenge. |
| poco a poco | little by little | Gradually, in small amounts or stages over time. |
| più o meno | more or less | Approximately, roughly true but not exactly. |
| Che casino! | What a mess! | An exclamation about a scene of great disorder or muddle. |
| Stai scherzando? | Are you kidding? | Said in disbelief, asking whether the speaker is joking. |
| tranquillo | no worries | A casual reassurance that everything is fine and nobody should fret. |
| uno spasso | awesome time | A hugely enjoyable stretch of fun. |
| essere stufo | to be fed up | Very annoyed or tired of something; impatient. |
| in punto | on the dot | Exactly on time. |
| un sacco | big deal, a lot | A very large amount or quantity of something. |
| fare una gaffe | to mess up | To blunder and spoil something through your own clumsiness. |
| passo dopo passo | step by step | Proceeding one stage at a time in careful order. |
| ne vale la pena | It's worth it | Said when the effort or cost is repaid by the result. |
| così così | so-so | Neither good nor bad, only middling. |
| tenere d'occhio | to keep an eye on | Idiom: to watch or monitor, not literal eye. |
| Chiaro? | Get it?, Understood? | A short question checking that the listener has grasped what you said. |
| va bene | Okay, alright | A word expressing agreement or consent to what was proposed. |
| non valere niente | to be worth nothing | To have no value or usefulness whatsoever. |
| sbrigati! | hurry up! | A command telling someone to move or act faster right now. |
| avere fretta | to be in a hurry | To have too little time and need to act quickly. |
| sul serio | for real, seriously | Genuinely and truly, without any joking. |
| così è la vita | That's life | A resigned remark that such unwelcome things simply happen. |
| meglio tardi che mai | Better late than never | A saying that doing something behind time beats not doing it at all. |
| chi va piano va sano e va lontano | little by little the bird builds its nest | Proverb: steady progress achieves goals over time. |
| essere al settimo cielo | to be on cloud nine | Idiom: extremely happy, not literally in sky. |
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