No one likes traveling to a foreign country only to stand out among the masses as an obvious tourist. While language tapes can teach basic vocabulary and grammer, we'd rather learn the slang that native Italians actually use. On this helpful site, travelers can find mild idioms and colloquialisms. For more daring types, the website also offers translations for phrases such as "idiot" (scemo), "Gross!" (Che schifo!) and "I don't give a damn!" (Non me ne frega niente!). And to recover from a butchered Italian sentence, the phrase Ho detto una cazzata ("I said something stupid") will impress your eyerolling companions.
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