Slang-youth in Italian

11 essential Italian slang-youth phrases with pronunciation guides. Click listen to hear each phrase with native-quality pronunciation.

Che figata!

ke fiˈɡata

How cool! / Awesome!

Lit. "(slang, no clean literal translation)"

B1slangexclamation

Hai preso i biglietti per il concerto? Che figata! — You got tickets for the concert? Awesome!

Che palle!

ke ˈpalle

What a drag! / How annoying!

Lit. "What balls!"

B1slangexclamation

Domani devo lavorare anche il sabato. Che palle! — Tomorrow I have to work on Saturday too. What a drag!

Basta che

ˈbasta ke

As long as / Provided that

Lit. "It suffices that"

B1informalconnector

Puoi uscire, basta che torni per cena. — You can go out, as long as you're back for dinner.

Figo/a

ˈfiɡo

Cool / hot / attractive

Lit. "(slang)"

B1slangsingle-word

Quel ragazzo è troppo figo! — That guy is so hot!

Sbatti

ˈzbatti

Hassle / effort / can't be bothered

Lit. "banging/slamming"

B2slangsingle-word

Non ho sbatti di cucinare stasera, ordiniamo una pizza. — I can't be bothered to cook tonight, let's order pizza.

Scialla

ˈʃalla

Chill / relax / no worries

Lit. "(from Arabic 'inshallah' via Roman dialect)"

B2slangexclamation

Scialla, fratè, va tutto bene! — Chill, bro, everything's fine!

Beccarsi

bekˈkarsi

To meet up / to catch up

Lit. "To peck each other"

B1slangsingle-word

Ci becchiamo domani al bar? — Shall we meet up tomorrow at the bar?

Spaccare

spakˈkare

To rock / to be awesome

Lit. "To break/smash"

B2slangsingle-word

Quel gruppo spacca! Li hai sentiti dal vivo? — That band rocks! Have you heard them live?

Tipo

ˈtipo

Like / sort of (filler word)

Lit. "type"

B1slangfiller

Era tipo super arrabbiato, non ci credevo. — He was like super angry, I couldn't believe it.

Sgamare

zɡaˈmare

To catch someone / to bust / to figure out

Lit. "(slang, no clear etymology)"

B2slangsingle-word

Mi ha sgamato che copiavo durante il compito! — She caught me copying during the test!

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