{"id":11747,"date":"2014-10-03T22:03:08","date_gmt":"2014-10-03T13:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/?p=11747"},"modified":"2021-08-25T06:03:41","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T21:03:41","slug":"italian-soft-swearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/italian-soft-swearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Cacchio, Vaffambagno, Cavolo! Italian soft swearing – PODCAST"},"content":{"rendered":"Badwords,\u00a0“Parolacce”are\u00a0usedandabusedinItaly.Forthisreason,somepeopleprefermildexpressions,whichsoundlikebadwordsbutarenot.LearnItalian”non-swear”words\u00a0withourpodcast.<\/h1>\n“Parolacce”areamongthefirstwordsforeignerslearnwhentheycometoItaly.Theyarefun,verycommonandmostimportant,theybreaktherulesofpolitecommunications,stuff\u00a0theyteachyouatschool,sotheyareveryintriguing.<\/p>\nButifyouareheretolearnnewItalianbadwords,youwillprobablybe\u00a0disappointed.Justgooglethem<\/a>andyouwillfindplentyofresourcestofulfillyourcuriosity.I\u00a0will\u00a0teachyousomeItalian”pseudo-cursing”,euphemisms(eufemismi)likethe\u00a0Englishdarn,freaking,shootetcthatItalianpeoplesayinsteadofnormalparolacce.<\/em>\u00a0Listentothepodcastandlearnsomemanners!<\/p>\nChecacchio<\/span>vuoi?<\/h2>\nInItalianthere’saCword,probablythemostused”parolaccia”.EvenifyouareabeginnerinItalian,youknowwhatI’mtalkingabout,sodon’tpretendyoudon’tknow!Therearecountlesswordstonameitandcacchio<\/em>isanalmost”cleanversion”\u00a0ofthose.”Checacchiovuoi”hasaboutthesamemeaningof”whattheheck\u00a0doyouwant?”.\n<\/p>\nNon\u00a0hocapitouncavolo<\/h2>\n

\nItreplacesthesamebadwordasabove.Cavolo<\/em>(lit.cabbage)isatotallyharmlessversionofcacchio<\/em>,whichinstead\u00a0retainsalittledose\u00a0ofcursing.Itissolightthatchildrenactuallysaythat.Itisverycommon,soyoucansafelyuseitandgiveaninformaltouchtoyourItalianspeech.\n<\/p>\n“Vaffambagno!”or”Vaiafartiungiro”<\/h2>\n

\nAgain,iosochetusai!<\/em>IknowthatyouknowtheItalian”vaffa…”wordanditsmeaning.Ifyoudon’t,lookitupongoogle.Therootoftheword,vaffa…<\/em>isactuallyquiteclean.It’sthecontractionofvaiafare\u00a0<\/em>lit”goanddo”,or”goandmake”.Vaffambagno<\/em>means”goandtakeabath”.Itdoesn’tgetcleanerthan\u00a0this…Vaiafartiungiro\u00a0<\/em>literallymeans”goandtakeawalk”,muchhealthierthangoand…dosomethingelse.Youcanreadanotherpost+podcastontheuseoftheverbfarsiinconversationalItalian<\/a>.\n<\/p>\nAccidenti,hopersolechiavi!<\/h2>\n

\nQuiteunderstandable.Ilostmykeys!Thisisnotareplacementofanybadword,it’sjutsasoftexclamation.Simpleandelegant,notvulgar.Usit!\n<\/p>\nPorcamiseria!<\/h2>\n

\nOkay,theword”porca”(comingfromporco<\/em>,pork)maynotbeveryelegant,butit’snotsodirtyeither.WeuseitalotinspokenItalian.Whatmakesitabadwordiswhatcomesafter”porco”or”porca”.Porcamiseria\u00a0<\/em>soundslike”Damnedmisery”.That’sthebasic,acceptablesoftcursingthatgoesalongwith”porca”.Inmostcases,Italianssayporca+verybadwords\u00a0<\/em>anditcanescalatequitedramaticallyintosomethingyouhaveneverheardinyourlife.\n<\/p>\nMannaggia!<\/h2>\n

\nVerymild\u00a0expression,\u00a0absolutelyclean.It’sactuallycleanerthantheequivalentEnglishGosh!Thiswordcomes\u00a0fromoldSouthernItaliandialects:”maln’aggia”,roughly”Mayyoubedamned”.Nowadaysnobodyisreallyawareof\u00a0theoriginal\u00a0meaningofthisinteriezione<\/a>.WealsosayMannaggiaame(tome),ate(toyou),alui<\/em>andsoon…\n<\/p>\nCribbio!<\/h2>\n

\nI’mabigfanofAmericanmoviesandIdon’tpaymuchattentionto\u00a0profanities.TherearebadwordsonItalianTVtoo.Nonetheless,Ifellvery\u00a0uneasy\u00a0whenIhearthenameofJesus\u00a0followedbyanumberofbadwords.SomeItaliansdoswearalotagainstgod,butmostpeopledon’t.Andyouwon’thearany”bestemmia”(blasphemy)onTV.Theclosestsafeword,whichhasalmostnothingtodowithCristo\u00a0<\/em>isCribbio,\u00a0<\/em>asortofholycow!<\/em>\n<\/p>\nCaspita!<\/h2>\n

\nOrcaspiterina<\/em>\u00a0simplymeans\u00a0wow!<\/em>It’saCA…wordlikecavolo<\/em>andcacchio,<\/em>buttotallyinoffensive.\n<\/p>\nSomestudentsassume\u00a0thatItalianscursealotandit’scool,orentertaining,ifaforeignerdid\u00a0too.It’soktoplacesomebadwordshereandthere,but\u00a0Ithinkit’susefultoknoweuphemisms\u00a0and\u00a0usetherealdeal\u00a0onlywhenyoureallyneedit…<\/p>\nThanksforlistening!Allaprossima.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Badwords,\u00a0“Parolacce”are\u00a0usedandabusedinItaly.Forthisreason,somepeopleprefermildexpressions,whichsoundlikebadwordsbutarenot.LearnItalian”non-swear”words\u00a0withourpodcast. “Parolacce”areamongthefirstwordsforeignerslearnwhentheycometoItaly.Theyarefun,verycommonandmostimportant,theybreaktherulesofpolitecommunications,stuff\u00a0theyteachyouatschool,sotheyareveryintriguing. ButifyouareheretolearnnewItalianbadwords,youwillprobablybe\u00a0disappointed.Justgooglethemandyouwillfindplentyofresourcestofulfillyourcuriosity.I\u00a0will\u00a0teachyousomeItalian”pseudo-cursing”,euphemisms(eufemismi)likethe\u00a0Englishdarn,freaking,shootetcthatItalianpeoplesayinsteadofnormalparolacce.\u00a0Listentothepodcastandlearnsomemanners! Checacchiovuoi? InItalianthere’saCword,probablythemostused”parolaccia”.EvenifyouareabeginnerinItalian,youknowwhatI’mtalkingabout,sodon’tpretendyoudon’tknow!Therearecountlesswordstonameitandcacchioisanalmost”cleanversion”\u00a0ofthose.”Checacchiovuoi”hasaboutthesamemeaningof”whattheheck\u00a0doyouwant?”. Non\u00a0hocapitouncavolo Itreplacesthesamebadwordasabove.Cavolo(lit.cabbage)isatotallyharmlessversionofcacchio,whichinstead\u00a0retainsalittledose\u00a0ofcursing.Itissolightthatchildrenactuallysaythat.Itisverycommon,soyoucansafelyuseitandgiveaninformaltouchtoyourItalianspeech. “Vaffambagno!”or”Vaiafartiungiro” Again,iosochetusai!IknowthatyouknowtheItalian”vaffa…”wordanditsmeaning.Ifyoudon’t,lookitupongoogle.Therootoftheword,vaffa…isactuallyquiteclean.It’sthecontractionofvaiafare\u00a0lit”goanddo”,or”goandmake”.Vaffambagnomeans”goandtakeabath”.Itdoesn’tgetcleanerthan\u00a0this…Vaiafartiungiro\u00a0literallymeans”goandtakeawalk”,muchhealthierthangoand…dosomethingelse.Youcanreadanotherpost+podcastontheuseoftheverbfarsiinconversationalItalian. Accidenti,hopersolechiavi! Quiteunderstandable.Ilostmykeys!Thisisnotareplacementofanybadword,it’sjutsasoftexclamation.Simpleandelegant,notvulgar.Usit! Porcamiseria! Okay,theword”porca”(comingfromporco,pork)maynotbeveryelegant,butit’snotsodirtyeither.WeuseitalotinspokenItalian.Whatmakesitabadwordiswhatcomesafter”porco”or”porca”.Porcamiseria\u00a0soundslike”Damnedmisery”.That’sthebasic,acceptablesoftcursingthatgoesalongwith”porca”.Inmostcases,Italianssayporca+verybadwords\u00a0anditcanescalatequitedramaticallyintosomethingyouhaveneverheardinyourlife. Mannaggia! Verymild\u00a0expression,\u00a0absolutelyclean.It’sactuallycleanerthantheequivalentEnglishGosh!Thiswordcomes\u00a0fromoldSouthernItaliandialects:”maln’aggia”,roughly”Mayyoubedamned”.Nowadaysnobodyisreallyawareof\u00a0theoriginal\u00a0meaningofthisinteriezione.WealsosayMannaggiaame(tome),ate(toyou),aluiandsoon… Cribbio! I’mabigfanofAmericanmoviesandIdon’tpaymuchattentionto\u00a0profanities.TherearebadwordsonItalianTVtoo.Nonetheless,Ifellvery\u00a0uneasy\u00a0whenIhearthenameofJesus\u00a0followedbyanumberofbadwords.SomeItaliansdoswearalotagainstgod,butmostpeopledon’t.Andyouwon’thearany”bestemmia”(blasphemy)onTV.Theclosestsafeword,whichhasalmostnothingtodowithCristo\u00a0isCribbio,\u00a0asortofholycow! Caspita! Orcaspiterina\u00a0simplymeans\u00a0wow!It’saCA…wordlikecavoloandcacchio,buttotallyinoffensive. Somestudentsassume\u00a0thatItalianscursealotandit’scool,orentertaining,ifaforeignerdid\u00a0too.It’soktoplacesomebadwordshereandthere,but\u00a0Ithinkit’susefultoknoweuphemisms\u00a0and\u00a0usetherealdeal\u00a0onlywhenyoureallyneedit… Thanksforlistening!Allaprossima.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10020,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[909,911,903,912,905,904,913,910,907,906,908],"class_list":["post-11747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lingua","tag-accidenti","tag-bestemmia","tag-cacchio","tag-caspita","tag-cavolo","tag-che-cacchio-vuoi","tag-cribbio","tag-mannaggia","tag-non-ho-capito-un-cavolo","tag-porca-miseria","tag-vaffambagno","no-featured-image-padding","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10020"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}