A friend of mine was in a restaurant in Rome some years ago and thought she was asking the waiter for a calzone but she mispronounced it (leaving the "l" out) and couldn't understand why everybody burst out laughing. That's one mistake she never made again!

My dad spoke some Italian growing up. When he got older he only remembered the curse words.

Ma precisamente io italianissimo che guardo 16 minuti di video sull'uso delle parolacce nella mia lingua madre che - cazzo - di problemi ho? Ecco un esempio molto funzionale di frase con parolaccia usata come rafforzativo ahahahah

In this video italians looks like saints, but believe me: swear words are used almost in every sentence, unless you are in a formal environment or with people you don't know. 🤣

"only when we are angry" In the Venice region we use them as part of punctuation...

Ma nessuno che parla del fatto che ci sia DAVIDE DI STOCKDROID io boh adoro!

Swear words are so many in Italian that it could be a separate dictionary.

I grew up in a town full of Italians in upstate NY. "Minchia" was one of the first swear words I learned, maybe even before the English version. "Fungul" was another, but I didn't see that used here, so maybe it was "vaffanculo" and I just misunderstood when I was young. Anyway, this was useful content!

I m sorry for you guys, but in Italian there are infinite cursed words and every single town/region have their own cursed words so it s almost impossible learn them. As an Italian I don t know a lot of them. (Sorry for the English, I wrote it very quickly)

Vaffanculo ( or fanculo ) isn't only used against people, but can also be used for venting about annoying situations and things. In these cases it's just like cazzo, but stronger.

Sorry for the curses i'm going to write but the word cazzo can be used in so many different contexts that i think you need a more in depth explanation about it which obviously couldn't be given in the video. Cazzo can be used in a situation in which you're really happy about something. For example you're watching a football game and your team scores, or maybe you've made a bet and you find out that you've won a lot of money. In these situations many italians would say something like: " Dai, cazzo!", "Si, cazzo!" or the inverted version "Cazzo, si!". Other useful expressions are: "Non me ne frega un cazzo" which you could translate with "I don't give a f**k"; "Col cazzo", an expression you use when you refuse to do something vehemently. For example a friend of yours asks you to go with them to explore an abandoned mansion, but you're scared and don't really want go there. Since you're talking with a friend you could say: "Col cazzo che ci vado!". A more polite version without curse words that you could use with everyone to express refusal would be: "Non ci penso proprio" or " Neanche per sogno" . The latter is very nice since it's an idiomatic expression, and it means that you wouldn't dare to do something even in a dream. In english you would say "no way" or "not a chance". Other common words related to cazzo are: cazzata, cazzone, cazzaro, cazziatone (they're all nouns) and the verbs cazzeggiare and incazzarsi. Cazzata is a very common word and has three meanings: 1) you hear someone saying: "Hai detto una cazzata". Dire una cazzata means that someone is telling a lie or at least something which turns out to be false; 2) cazzata also means something trifle or petty. When you hear something like: " Stai facendo tutto questo casino per una cazzata" it means that the person who got angry is making a fuss over something which actually isn't a very big deal; 3) Fare una cazzata means that you're doing something stupid. Cazzaro is very common in Rome and it refers to someone who always tells lies. Cazzone is common between friends and you usually use it when one of your friends does something stupid that makes you laugh. In that case you can say to him: " Sei proprio un cazzone". Apart from that, cazzone also means that someone has a very big D. But it's really uncommon that someone utters these sort of sexual appreciations in public. Dont do it please. Cazziatone is not an insult and it isn't very common but it means that someone scolds you for something. Ex " Non ho passato l'esame e ho ricevuto un cazziatone da mia madre". " I didn't pass the exam so my mom scolded me". There's also the verb cazziare Incazzarsi means simply to get angry. It's really unpolite therefore you should use it only with friends and family members. To express anger and to not sound uncouth we use the verbs arrabbiarsi and incavolarsi. Last one is cazzeggiare which is also part of the colloquial language and it means that you're wasting time doing something unproductive. And that would be me right now :D

My favourite from Rome was "Li Mortacci tua", which seems so strong a curse as you are not only insulting the person you are shouting it at, but all their long dead ancestors. I've always thought this was amazing.

I think foreigners should be careful of using curse words in any language they are learning. Often there are often unwritten rules and customs for using them that you, as an outsider do not know. I had a foreign friend who started to use the "C" word liberally until we explained to him it was the most extreme curse word in English and only reserved for very extreme situations and very "special" people.

In Rome we often say "(li) mortacci tua(/sua)!", it could be translated literally with "your(/his/her) bad dead!", But the actual meaning is more like "your bad dead relatives!" since it is especially targeted against someone's dead relatives, even tought you're insulting that someone and not them.

L'Italiano è una lingua così bella che si può scusarla per tutte queste parolacce. Grazie mille per questo video molto divertente . Saluti cordiali dalla Francia. 😃🇮🇹🇫🇷

Fate conoscere al mondo le bestemmie italiane, patrimonio dell'umanità.

All right. Best episode so far. Also in this episode: I realized how many different accents there are in italy (another thing learned by swear words).

Sono italiana e vi seguo sempre: è un canale bellissimo, complimenti! Anche se non devo ovviamente imparare la lingua, mi piace ascoltare come la pensano i miei compatrioti su molti argomenti.

In Rome and in some neighboring regions of Central Italy, we say "Li mortacci tua" which doesn't have a proper translation in English but it's used to insult someone's dead relatives

I love the Italian language! It's just so easy-going.

Been waiting for this ...

Stavo andando in bici in Italia, e alla fine di una lunga salita sono stato superato da qualcuno in e-bike. Ho detto "che cazzo?"

Como hablante de español es fascinante como es posible comprender el video sin conocer italiano, eso hace que se disfrute mucho más sin la necesidad de leer continuamente los subtítulos, y las "maldiciones" interesantísimas también jajjaj

A little piece of trivia for non native speakers: the video briefly mentions filler words and "dialects/minoritarian languages", but this two are actually heavily connected with the concept of cursing. Just as english speakers tend to use use "like" or other forms, almost every italian region (even city!) has a specific filler word. Normally they're just a short sound to emphasize a concept or literally fill the gaps between words for no apparent reason (verbal tic), ex: uè/neh/veh [north] - dè/ahò/ajò [central] - uà/eò/où [south]; in some regions however, we also use something a little more complex...you guessed, specific curse words. Some examples of regional swears known to be filler words are minchia for Sicily, figa for Milan, pota for Brescia/Bergamo and belin for Liguria (Veneto and Tuscany just use a LOT of swears). In this cases curse words lose almost every aggressive connotation and are not considered offensive anymore by the locals: "minchia che bel tempo!" -> litelal translation "f**k what a nice weather!" -> actual meaning "wow, what a nice weather!" Of course the dialectal terms can be used as originally intended, but they often come off as a funnier and softer version of the italian equivalent (porcu belin sounds less extreme than a classic porca puttana -> "fu**ing bi**ch). This, together with the fact that we italians love to make our origin known, a kind of harmless regionalism still strong and present, is why people oftern choose to use dialects to cuss and swear. Just be aware that, while the most famous filler swear words are considered "cute", dialects still retain a variety of terms for every single italian curse so they can quickly become brutal if the speaker wants to express a really strong emotion. To conclude: most dialectal swears are not intendend to be taken seriously, if someone yells pota at you the chances of them being actually angry are low. If the same person starts cussing using an incredible string of words mixing dialect/italian and most biblical figures in an improvised blasphemous rap, you should instead probably start to worry, the expression "voleranno santi" "saints will fly" , exist for a reason.

that episode was gold🙌 thank you!

Molto diverdente e utile. Molto grazie!

In Veneto sarebbe stato: " Tu le dici le parolacce?" "thioken, non tante, thioken, ma ogni tanto, thioken, scappano, thioken."

Katie e Matteo, Mille grazie per darci questa lezione eccellente, fantastica, proprio eccezionale!

Bello che insegnate alla gente queste parole. Proprio bravi.

Thank you ❤️

Good morning. Apart from the fact that all your videos are such big help for me and I love them enormously, I can't help asking if these people know that they are going to be interviewed. How else can they all look so perfect, ready to go out onto the streets, all girls and boys styled and dressed that fashionably.. Waw if these are just random people then I think it must be true that Italian women are the most gorgeous in the world. And it is not only the looks, they all are camera ready, confident, giving spontaneous but still eloquent answers... big motivation for me! Thanks to all of you!

Mi piace molto che mostri i sottotitoli sia in italiano che in inglese, è molto fottutamente utile per l'apprendimento.

Che bella ragazza in 4:19. La rossa.

I used to live in Grossa di Gazzo, about 7 miles from where my husband was stationed (Vicenza). I was told by many people, Italian and American, to make sure I pronounce it right.

Una velata che nessuno ha nominato è "porca miseria" (would translate it to "damn misery" but I don't know if it makes sense in English)

Per imparare le parolacce, cammino per le strade di Milano con la maglia di Juventus .... :)

As long as you don`t dive to deep into the blasphemy stuff, you`re good. Golden rule is not to use anything that ends with Madonna

A friendly banter with a close friend "What are you doing you bastard"!

Grazie per questa puntata molto divertente! Sto imparando l’italiano da quasi due anni e ascolto sempre qualcosa in italiano in macchina. Quindi se succede qualcosa mi escono spesso le parolacce in italiano. Ma sono più bello come in tedesco. Cari saluti

Molto divertente! Grazie

Il meglio video che già avete fatto

9:49 "merda" is also a Latin word and the meaning is the same

In Milan "Figa" is not a curse word, it's like parsley: it goes well on everything.

This was a great one! I think I'll use it in my communications class to talk about how we are/aren't aware of what our own linguistic rules are, as well as usage rules. Thanks!

0:37 Davide Puato @Stockdroid

From this video I get the impression that Italians swear a lot less than (urban) Americans. Most people said they were most likely to swear when they were angry -- only a few said it was for emphasis (enfatizzare) or just as filler (intercalare -- I love that word). But at least among the people I've known, especially in New York City,Americans swear constantly! I swear when I'm happy, when I'm surprised, when I'm annoyed, etc. etc.

Ciao ragazzi! molto utile questo video, le parolacce si usano tantissimo, quindi è buono impararle... io le uso ogni volta😉saluti dall'Uruguay 🇮🇹🇺🇾

You are going to have a lot of views of this episode.

Does anyone know what the music is at the beginning and end of the video and also when Matteo does the commercial for Patreon? I like it, but I never heard either before.

grazie mille - mi sono divertita da Parigi

Qui in Liguria abbiamo un intercalare diffusissimo,belin, che non è considerato assolutamente disdicevole, si può dire tranquillamente anche ad estranei

I'm going to share some bestemmie because they're interesting. The most common ones are porco/porca and something religious: dio porco (pig god), porca madonna (pig Mary). Cane (dog) can also be used. In Piedmont, fàuss (=falso = false) is common, or just fa (dio fà). A rougher one is Madonna puttana (whore Mary). I don't know of bestemmie with saints, but I think people might say "giuro per tutti i santi" when really annoyed/frustrated. That might not be bad enough to be a full bestemmia though. Bestemmie with Dio or Gesù can actually be illegal to use (minor misdemeanor, rarely actually enforced). Supposedly ones involving Mary or saints are no longer considered crimes.

La Lingua Italiana é un'opera d'arte

I’m Italian, and this is funny af😂

Interessante

In Algeria we have a place called Setif widely famous for using curse words and blasphemies as part of ponctuation Looks like we have some Venetian descendants here 😂

And for blasphemy everyone forgot about Friuli Venezia Giulia!!! (Insert blasphemy here) 🤣

0:37 ma quello a destra è Stockdroid ahahahahah

The first guy from the right at this time 0:39 is a youtuber, if you want to see him his channel is stockdroid

Invece, oggi e' sabato, quindi non ne ho ancora dette troppe.. Hahhaha, li adoro!

i remember in middle school (aka a few days ago) happened something, i usually study but THAT ONE THURSTDAY i didn’t do anything but i went really relaxed to school that friday. when me and my friend entered school our teachers kicked us out signing it with hands as italians do, everyone started celebrating and i shaked my friend and as a good napolitan i shouted “A BUCCHIN E MAMMT C SONG VENUT A FA”

Cavolo, ho mancato tante delle vostre puntate!

the abbastanza at 1:00 doesnt mean "enough", it means "a lot of times".

I am brazilian (I speak portuguese), but my great grandparents and his brothers are italians so, my family learned some cuss words.

Are you Italian? Your accent definitely sounds foreign to me but your Italian is really good!

A wild @Stockdroid appears! Hahahaha Grande 💪🏻

Quando viaggio in Italia, molti ridono del mio nome. Mi chiamo Márcio, un nome molto diffuso in Brasile. :(

nobody mentioned " 'li mortacci" literally translatable to "curses to your dead family members" very used in Puglia

4:28 Actually, Pota is not a curse word at all I don't know if our cousins from Bergamo use it in the wrong way (😉), but it stopped to be a curse word centuries ago.

So che è difficile per via dell’argomento, ma un video sulle bestemmie secondo me sarebbe un sacco interessante e utile per chi studia l’italiano, perché son sempre più comuni e sennò si rischia di arrivare qua, usarle perché si sentono e fare figure perché non si ha concezione di cosa siano… se volete vengo a fare la puntata con voi sono un maestro 🤪😂

Voglio proprio vedere adesso che video mi consiglierà KZfaq dopo aver visto questo

11:10 "Porco due" ("the two is a pig") is for not saying "porco dio" ("God is a pig"). Bestemmie are very heavy, taboo and shocking (if someone says one during an arguing the situation is serious), even if among young people they are often used just because they are funny and some youtubers base their comedy on bestemmie.

Ciao ragazzi! Un video molto divertente ahaha. Io dico delle parolacce in greco quando cose non vadono come io vorrei. Non mi piacciono le bestemmie ma uso altre parolacce ahaha.

8:25 Tim joined the video

In realtà secondo me qualsiasi emozione intensa può portarci a dire una parolaccia, soprattutto dato che adesso fanno quasi parte del linguaggio quotidiano per molti. Che siano emozioni negative o positive, in base al contesto e all'intensità escono abbastanza facilmente

Davide Puato di @StockDroid?

Porca pupazza che bel video!!

Molto divertente!!! :D :D :D E tuttavia molto morigerato! Ne sappiamo molte di più!!!! :D

È inutile credere che il veneto o il toscano abbiano le parolacce peggiori, se una persona del sud Italia vi bestemmia ve ne scappate correndo, vi sentite davvero violentati dentro, sono i dialetti piu aggressivi. Al sud abbiamo le concatenazioni più complesse delle bestemmie. Io sono di Bari.

sono italiana ma ho guardato tutto il video come se dovessi imparare veramente

Secondo me questo è il vostro video migliore, mi sono divertita un sacco guardandolo:) grazie mille

Everything sounds good in Italian.

Hello everyone, I'm Italian and I'm from Bergamo, I make a small clarification on our interlayer: "pota" does not mean pussy, in reality it has no meaning. in fact it is used only to accentuate a sentence or when you can't give a true answer ("why haven't you done your homework? eeeh, pota"). I tell you especially to avoid bad figures (in Italian "figure di merda"), I hope it was useful to you

Lasciamo perdere il fatto che anche se si è già italiani, si guardano comunque questi video per divertimento quando si ha noia ✨😀

Non c'entra molto, ma Stockdroid che fa un cameo in questo video è arte.

5:14 on the marciapàisis

C'è quello di Stockdroid! Lol 1:26

I have a question, hopefully someone will answer: the guy at 5:23 , the way he says amici and diciamo with the soft c and enfatizzare with the soft z, is that a dialect? Or just a personal way of speech? I rarely hear people pronounce italian like that but I myself pronounce the z very soft and was wondering if actual italians also speak like that.

Video: cursed words in Italian Me as Italian: *INTERESTING*

Plus, italian swear words could be modular. 😄

Some regions don't use blasphemies but are traditional to curse someone or something. There are competitions of this tradition and will win the one who creates the most creative curse.

Best to learn the curse words first so you dont want to accidentally say it when you dont mean it or mistake it as something positive. I'm trying to learn italian and Its kinda easy for me since I speak english and Spanish.

Le parolacce per l'italiano sono come il condimento per un piatto. Come è noto la cucina italiana svetta per preferenze, varianti e regionalità, la stessa cosa vale per le parolacce (e le bestemmie). Ogni regione, financo zone metropolitane o periferie, hanno le loro. Magari simili a volte, ma pronunciate in maniera diversa. Vi suggerisco, comunque, di notare come gli italiani riescano a trasformare parole NORMALE in parolacce cambiando totalmente nella frase il senso, grazie all'inflessione, riferimenti allegorici o semplicemente sillogismi. L'italiano è una delle poche lingue al mondo dove, con naturalezza, utilizzando un termine solitamente positivo, si arriva persino a poter insultare. E questo è ancora più interessante delle mere parolacce, l'arte di canzonare qualcuno o qualcosa è una meraviglia tutta italiana.

E vero cosa era detto circa la benessere di paraolacce. In un esperimento, le persone avevano messo le braccia nell acqua ghiacciata. Sono durati solo 40 secondi. Ma, quando gli e stato chiesto di usare paralacce, sono durati molto di piu. Infatti, le parolacce riducono il dolore! Usali...spesso! Come se non sapessi che questo sarebbe il tuo video piu poplare di sempre! Vi auguri!

Anche qua il mitico Davide Puato! 😀

Porca paletta che bel video

A Roma si diceva spesso ´mannaggia’ o mannaggia la miseria!, o per es. mannaggia l’autobus, ecc. Un’imprecazione più leggera rispetto ad altre.

SEMPRE 😁

Go in Tuscany to do this interview.,😊😂

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