Italian | Venetian Dialect Veneto, Italy

mona

Word USED Very frequently BY Everybody

The evergreen Venetian dialect word. It can express joy, sadness, fury, confusion, it can be an insult or a praise. It can be literally the female reproductive organs.

'Ma va in mona', 'Vara che bea mona', 'Ti xe un mona', 'Il saggio sa niente, lo stupido sa qualcosa, il mona sa tutto'

'Go to hell', 'Look at this beautiful lady', 'You are a moron' , 'A wise person knows nothing, a stupid person knows something, a moron knows everything'

Italian | Venetian Dialect Veneto, Italy

mas'cio

Word USED Very frequently BY Everybody

This word literally means male pig. It is used for insulting a disgusting person, to indicate that a person is eating too much, or (more directly) to talk about male pigs.

'No sta fare el mas'cio', 'Vara che se te magni cosi tanto, va a finirla che te diventi un mas'cio', 'Ghemo fatto a sopressa col mas'cio de ieri'

'Don't be a pig', 'If you're eating as much, you will be as fat as a pig', 'We made salami with the pig from yesterday'

Italian | Venetian Italy

a seci roversi

Expression USED Very frequently BY Everyone

(down in buckets) • It is a phrase used when it's pouring.

"È piovuto ieri notte?" "Sì, a seci roversi!"

"Did it rain last night?" "Yes, it came down in buckets!"

Italian | Venetian Veneto, Italy

schei

Word USED Very frequently BY Everyone

(n.) • (money) • “Schei” is used in Venetian dialect. When Venice was conquered by the Austrians, the coins that Austrians brought to Venice had written “scheidemünzen” on top. Venetians had no idea how to read German so they pronounced what was written as it sounded right to them. From then on, money is called “schei” in Venice.

"No go schei!"

"I don’t have money!"

Italian | Venetian Veneto, Italy

schei

Word USED Very frequently BY Everyone

(n.) • It is the word for money used in Veneto.

"No go schei."

"I have no money."

Italian | Venetian Veneto, Italy

man de puina

Expression USED On Occasion BY Older Generations

(cottage-cheese hand) • Exclamation used to slightly insult someone who has dropped something or usually drops things.

"Ti è caduto di nuovo il cellulare? Hai proprio le man de puina!"

"You dropped your phone again? Your hand are like cottage cheese!"

Italian | Venetian Veneto, Italy

Sta slavazando

Standard Phrase USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone

Dialect version of the Italian sentence ''sta diluviando" (it's pouring).

"Forse l'ombrello non è sufficiente: fuori sta slavazando."

"Perhaps the umbrella won't be enough: it's pouring."