accordo

to agree ⧫ be in agreement essere d'accordo to agree ⧫ be in agreement.

“Va bene.” 'Can I use the car? ' 'OK. ' “Posso usare la macchina?” “Va bene.”

[ˈnʌθɪŋ ] noun. 1. niente m ⧫ nulla m.

It presumably is because of this original meaning (the verb “to pray”) that “prego” has become the instant reply to “grazie”, which means “thanks”. Once it presumably was an expression to wish someone well who had been nice to you, something like “I pray for your well-being”.

If you'd like to say “yes” in Italian, you'd generally say “sì.” In some situations you could also use “certo,” which means certainly/definitely/sure but which implies “yes.”

fugazi Fugazy or fugazi in the sense of “fake” is strongly associated with Italian communities in New York and New Jersey, but has also been more widely adopted through the popularity of the movie Donnie Brasco and through hip-hop.

noun. (informal, offensive) idiota mf ⧫ deficiente mf.

The response to grazie that you're most likely to use or hear is prego (you're welcome), or you could say di niente (not at all). For greater emphasis you can use s'immagini or si figuri in the formal form, and figurati informally (don't mention it).

divertiti! (No machine translations here!)

⧫ okay! ⧫ va bene! are you O.K. for money? sei a posto coi soldi?

The word chooch is another bastardization of a word in Italian, ciuccio. In most of Italy, this means "pacifier", but in southern Italian slang, it means "donkey". The southern Italian migrants to the U.S took this term and over time it became chooch. It is used to describe someone as stupid. Don't be a chooch!

[bʌm ] (informal) noun. (especially US) (idler) fannullone/a. (tramp) barbone/a ⧫ vagabondo/a.