Italian hand gestures explained (video)
When it comes to speaking with their hands, the Italians are masters. Many gestures are just meant to emphasize normal conversations. Some others belong to the category of Parolacce (bad words). This video summarizes some of the most popular hand gestures that you may happen to witness in your next trip to Italy.
Beware, you may end up learning more than what you wished.
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UPDATE: Within 48h from its release, this video has already gained 6 YouTube Honors, among those the #16 most viewed travel video and #15 top rated travel video.
Labels: hand gestures, video
posted by Paolo and Francesca Tosolini at 1:51 AM
10 Comments:
Spettacolo!
Very funny, I've linked to it from my Italian slang page, http://www.beginningwithi.com/italy/living/itslang.html
Mitico Paolo!
Ciao Paolo, mi chiamo Dora e vivo a Baltimore, ho trovato questo sito per caso, era linkato and un altro blog, che era linkato ad un altro blog, che era linkato ad un altro blog.........questo tuo post mi ha fatto venire in mente un libro che sfogliai tempo fa in un bar di una associazione culturale di Napoli (si chiama Intra Moenia e si trova a piazza Bellini, si sono di Napoli :)). Non ricordo bene il titolo ma si trattava di tutti i gesti utilizzati a Napoli, con tanto di fotografia e traduzione in Italiano e Inglese. :) Io non ho un blog ma se vuoi scrivermi puoi farlo al dorasiragusa@hotmail.com
Ciao
Hi there - I'm Portuguese, and we use a lot of these same gestures! (Of course the Italians are better at it though...)
Great video, very expressively done. Favorited!
Pretty funny! The bad part is I already knew most of these gestures. The good part is that I've only actually had to use the tame ones ;-)
Really enjoying your blog.
-Jennifer
This is great, I will have to keep following this site! :-)
from a Seattlite living in Perugia,
Tina
This video is really great! Mille Grazie per metter qui per tutti!
che bello!!!! ora mi manca italia... awwwwww
love it. hha. i went to italy with my aunt and her little kids last year, my lil 4yrold cousin ended up going around saying stuff like 'vafunculo' and 'pipale' for months afterwards at her kindergarden no matter how many times we told her its naughty. hahaha. other kids around her would repeat it too. hahaha.
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