10 Italian Wordsthat’ll make

your knees bend

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10 Italian Wordsthat’ll make

your knees bend

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We all sing a cappella in our shower rooms; we’ve all eaten al fresco, ordered a pizza from our favorite pizzeria, ordered broccoli, spaghetti, cappuccino, and the strongest

shot of espresso thereafter. If you are not a foodie like I am, you probably love algebra, and if math is not your thing either, at least you’ve heard of influenza, pellagra, or at

some point had a medico book you for malaria. Yes, you can cheat your luogo nativo (birthplace) by saying a few Italian words like it’s your madrelingua (mother tongue). More often than not, we utter these Italian words without even paying tribute to their

origin. Italian is sweet, unquestionably sweet, and perhaps that’s why propaganda is also sweet to the ear. You have probably heard of one “Lupe Fiasco”, the American

rapper; the word “fiasco” doesn’t imply anything closer to “smart”, “witty”, or “genius”, but it made it to his name. How else would you explain that? It only gets us back to

where we started—Italian is sweet. And here are words in Italian that are just the sweetest!

Esofagodermatodigiunoplastica The longest Italian word which refers to a type of surgery performed following the excision of

oesophagus and stomach

who would have thought that such a nice word can be so nasty!

Che barba! Literally, Che barba translates to “What a beard!"

but actually it's mainly used to mean “What a bore!” It’s dropped when something is boring,

irksome, and mind-numbing.

but we like beards anyway!

Mi fa cagare! Means exactly: “It makes me poop” but English

speakers would hardly go beyond “That’s awful”.

good to know!

Basta! No one says "enough" as

gracefully as Italians!

FiguratiAn Italian will say these words to look nice when actually he’s mad at you or

at what you did.

how very nice of them!

Prendere lucciole per lantern The words imply that you are

slow and not as intelligent.

well you obviously are not!

Sono brillo That’s what Italians say when you're tipsy.

Guanto “Guanto” is Italian slang for

“Condom” whose appropriate word is “preservativo”.

Ti Amo Simple, but sufficient and

extremely effective "I love you".

In bocca al lupo That’s how the Italians wish

somebody's luck before a journey

absolutely makes me wanna go there!

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