"Moron" in Italian is most commonly translated as cretino (masculine) or cretina (feminine), which directly implies a foolish or thoughtless person. Other common, interchangeable slang terms for a moron include imbecille (imbecile), idiota (idiot), scemo/a (fool/dummy), and deficiente.
mannaggia [manˈnaddʒa]: a generic expression of frustration, mostly used in Southern Italy. It is not considered particularly vulgar or insulting, and is most often used jokingly; often translated as "damn" in English.
Combining porco (“pig”) with zio (“uncle”), this phrase is impolite and offensive. In this context, zio is also used as a mispronunciation of a similarly sounding word, dio (“God”), which turns the exclamation into a blasphemy.
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What is the Italian slang word for shut up?
To say "shut up" in Italian slang, use "Stai zitto!" (to a male) or "Stai zitta!" (to a female), which are direct commands, or the more colloquial "Taci!", but for very rude or strong expressions, you might hear "Chiudi il becco!" (Shut your beak!) or add curse words like cazzo, while regional slang like Tuscan "Chetati!" exists, but it's best to stick to "Stai zitto/a" or "Taci!" to avoid extreme rudeness unless intended.
"Boo-fo-so" (Bufoso?) is not an Italian word, but in Parmesan dialect "Buf" (pron. Boof) means "gun shot", so it's something quite loud and annoying. In a distorted Italian-Parmesan language Bufoso could mean something/someone loud and obnoxious.
"Bafangool" is a common misspelling of the Italian expletive "vaffanculo" or "va fangool," a contraction of "vai a fare in culo" or the Sicilian "vâ fa 'n culu," all of which mean "go do it in the ass" and function as a very offensive "f### you" or "f### off".
In Italian, the double "zz" (written as zz) is pronounced as either a "ts" sound (like in "pizza") or a "dz" sound (like in "zero"), depending on the word, often with more emphasis than a single "z," and it's used for different reasons, sometimes to show length or for historical spelling, but often following rules like 'z' at the start is 'dz' and 'zz' in the middle often sounds like 'tz' or 'dz'.
Here are a few things they were saying, and what they really mean: Goomah — Mistress or girlfriend. It comes from the Italian comare, which means godmother or second mother. In other words, someone who takes care of you.
It is therefore commonly used as a term of endearment roughly equivalent to "friend," "brother," or "comrade" among close friends or associates (generally males) in certain parts of Southern Italy, including Campania and Sicily, where it becomes cumpà or cumpari in the regional Southern languages.
MINCHIA. This is the first word that you hear, arriving in Sicily, and the last word that you hear when leaving. The literal translation - "male genital organ", although Sicilians use it for the expression of a wide range of emotions: gratitude, joy, anger, worry, fear, contentment, wonder and so on.
Strongly related to the hip hop subculture, the expression bella, often accompanied by the appellative Zio (“uncle”) or rega' (“guys”), actually stands for “Hey bro”. It is supposed to be the shortened form of bella storia (“cool story”), expressing agreement and, more generally, a greeting.
Porco in Italian means “male pig” and Dio means God. It's usually used in the same way as "Goddammit" in English. Many Italians say it, but unlike other swear words we have seen so far, this one can be considered extremely vulgar and offensive.
Da capo (/dɑː ˈkɑːpoʊ/ dah KAH-poh, US also /də -/ də -, Italian: [da (k)ˈkaːpo]; often abbreviated as D.C.) is an Italian musical term that means "from the beginning" (literally, "from the head").
