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🇮🇹 Italian · Fluency Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 29 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Dario's Slang

Hear the slang of the young from Dario in the kitchen, ask what it means, and use it back on him: spacca, e una figata, boh.

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THE STORY

The kitchen of Laura's trattoria in Fontelupo, mid-morning, Dario at the stove with the television episode on his phone.

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Laura, la puntata spacca!LOW-rah, lah poon-TAH-tah SPAHK-kahLaura, the episode rocks!
Spacca? Cosa spacca?SPAHK-kah, KOH-zah SPAHK-kahRocks? What rocks?
Cioè, è una figata. Bellissima.choh-EH, eh OO-nah fee-GAH-tah, behl-LEES-see-mahI mean, it's really cool. Beautiful.
Che figata!keh fee-GAH-tahHow cool!
Ah. E il nuovo menù, spacca?ah, eh eel NWOH-voh meh-NOO, SPAHK-kahAh. And the new menu, does it rock?
Boh. Il menù è un po' da vecchi.boh, eel meh-NOO eh oon POH dah VEHK-keeDunno. The menu's a bit for old people.
Da vecchi? Guarda che ti sento.dah VEHK-kee, GWAR-dah keh tee SEHN-tohFor old people? Mind, I can hear you. To a friend.
Scherzo! Spacca pure il menù.SKEHR-tsoh, SPAHK-kah POO-reh eel meh-NOOKidding! The menu rocks too.
Bravo. Adesso spacca le uova.BRAH-voh, ah-DEHS-soh SPAHK-kah leh WOH-vahGood. Now crack the eggs. To a man, a friend.