Prato Conversation Vocab

Question 1

per lo più/ sopratutto

Answer 1

mostly

Question 2

entrambi, tutte e due

Answer 2

both

Question 3

la maggior parte di/ il più

Answer 3

most

Question 4

da un’altra parte / altrove

Answer 4

somewhere else

Question 5

nemmeno

Answer 5

not even

Question 6

piuttosto

Answer 6

quite

Question 7

alcuno

Answer 7

any, some

Question 8

capitare

Answer 8

to happen (casually/ by chance)

Question 9

succedere

Answer 9

to happen (to occur)

Question 10

ovvero

Answer 10

that is/ or rather

Question 11

quasi

Answer 11

almost/ nearly

Question 12

qualsiasi

Answer 12

any/ whatever/ whichever

Question 13

siccome

Answer 13

since

Question 14

chiunque/ qualcuno

Answer 14

anyone/ whoever/ someone

Question 15

anzi

Answer 15

rather/ in fact/ on the contrary

Question 16

cioè

Answer 16

i.e. / that is

Question 17

a tra poco

Answer 17

see you later/ see you in a bit

Question 18

eccomi qui

Answer 18

here I am

Question 19

sono qui

Answer 19

I’m here

Question 20

che ne so

Answer 20

I don’t know

Question 21

da qualche parte

Answer 21

somewhere

Question 22

pure

Answer 22

as well/ also

Question 23

non c’è più

Answer 23

no longer exists/ is gone

Question 24

a posto

Answer 24

all fine, ok, in place

Question 25

più o meno

Answer 25

sort of, kind of …

Question 26

ancora

Answer 26

still (e.g. sono ancora confuso, ancora due minuti), yet (non ho ancora finito), even, again.

Question 27

me stessa, te stesso/a, se stesso/a, voi stessi, loro.

Answer 27

myself, yourself, him/herself, yourselves, themselves.

Question 28

trattarsi

Answer 28

to deal with

Question 29

a proposito

Answer 29

by the way

Question 30

per quanto riguarda

Answer 30

with regards to

Question 31

ci fa piacere

Answer 31

we are pleased

Question 32

in fondo

Answer 32

in the back, in the background

Question 33

ma dai

Answer 33

really? Come on!

Question 33

ti va?

Answer 33

you want (to do qc)?

Question 34

come no

Answer 34

risposta per “ti va?”. = sure, of course.

Question 35

boh

Answer 35

non lo so, ummmm

Question 36

meno male

Answer 36

thank goodness

Question 37

abbastanza

Answer 37

quite (e.g. abbastanza estremo)

Question 38

che schifo/ fa schifo

Answer 38

it sucks, it’s disgusting

Question 39

mi fa piacere

Answer 39

I’m glad

Question 40

per quanta riguarda

Answer 40

with regards to, regarding …

Question 41

ormai

Answer 41

by then, by now

Question 42

perciò

Answer 42

therefore

Question 43

macché!

Answer 43

not at all!

Question 44

che tieni?

Answer 44

what do you have/ keep?

Question 45

lascia stare

Answer 45

leave it be, let it be

Question 46

che c’è?

Answer 46

what is it?

Question 47

non direi proprio!

Answer 47

I don’t think so!

Question 48

È proprio

Answer 48

it’s really …, it’s true that …

Question 49

Anzi!

Answer 49

On the contrary!

Question 50

Che sfortunata, che peccato!

Answer 50

what a pity, bad luck!

Question 51

ma non mi dire!

Answer 51

no kidding!

Question 52

ma davvero?!

Answer 52

Really? Is that right!

Question 53

roba da matti!

Answer 53

unbelievable! crazy!

Question 54

accidenti!

Answer 54

gosh! darn!

Question 55

ci mancherebbe!

Answer 55

God forbid! absolutely not!

Question 56

ti giuro

Answer 56

i swear to you

Question 57

buon fine settimana

Answer 57

have a good weekend (Note: no ‘di’!)

Question 58

meno male

Answer 58

that’s better

Question 59

dunque

Answer 59

so

Question 60

fieri

Answer 60

proud

Question 61

addiritura

Answer 61

even

Question 62

figurati

Answer 62

lit. you imagine, but also ‘forget about it’, ‘you’re welcome’

Question 63

ci sentiamo

Answer 63

talk to you later (on the phone or via message). Used when you end a phone call.