10 Italian Hand Gestures Explained!
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Today you’ll finally understand some common Italian hand gestures.
Hand gestures are part of every Italian’s life and you need to know the meaning of these gestures if you want to understand Italians and act as a true Italian.
We are famous all over the world for expressing ourselves with our hands, we can’t communicate without using them.
Some of these gestures are impolite, but I will warn you so you won’t happen to use them in the wrong context.
At the end of this video, you’ll learn how to talk with your hands and you’ll become a true Italian!
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My man looks like every roman emperor statue I have seen
😂😂😂 for real
OH SHIT!! Yeah you right
All hail YOUTUBIUS
Hell🤣🤣🤣
Even his shirt is white lol
bro got those 100 BC genes
I’m a 3rd generation Italian and only after watching videos like this do I understand why we’re so funny.
Funny and informative. I grew up in an area with lots of Italian immigrants and already knew most of these. Man, I'm so jealous of bilingual/multilingual folks like yourself, your English is excellent and the accent is lovely. I tried learning Spanish in school, but had a terrible teacher who did the bare minimum and I'm not even sure could speak Spanish herself.
Come to India my friend in India we have to speak atleast two language ,
Even I speak 6 languages
@@depressedkavi7673 Yeah, in India almost everyone knows 2 languages. And if they are from a region with their own regional language, they know 3. And then they can learn 2-3 more if they are really interested. I myself know 4. And one of them isn't even recognised as a real language due to so many dialects and differences in between.
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Exactly the same meaning to almost all of them in Argentina.
El ultimo es: se te frunció el culo
In Brazil too
I would definitely pay you for tutoring in learning Italian
Thank you, Alec. I appreciate it.
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Great information. Thanks for the video. I want to learn to speak italian. You are an excellent teacher.
Thank you very much! We are glad to help you! =)
Wonderful! It’s a very expressive, poetic language. 👏👏👏👏
As a Canadian/ Italian I truly love ' Ma.. Ti Scanno'
( Thumb to the throat, slicing from Left to Right)
Bravo 😅
Wow! Discovery of the month. Alberto speaking English. The best video about gestures I've seen so far.
Guardo tutti i tuoi video in italiano. Adesso inizio a guardare anche in inglese. Molto utile come sempre. Per favore non fermarti. Mi ispiri molto
Grazie mille Elena!
love ITALY and Italian gestures ❤❤❤
You’re really good and entertaining. And very funny in your explanations. Especially the whistle.
My Italian partner does all of this and I am amused for life!
Thankyou so much 💙
So good!
I see Non mi interessa gesture in movie and I dont know what it is. Thank you very much 😂❤
Molto grazie!
Thank you for sharing. I should know this hahah. Thanks a lot sir. God bless po
2:40
Not me crying bc my Italian grandpa does that to me when he's disappointed
Excellent 👌
Grazie mille!
I really enjoyed the video
Ottimo video! 👌
Grazie Mia!
Very good
Lol that was funny! Grazie!
You’d better believe I was copying your hand gestures throughout. I think I’m gonna use some of these the next time I have an argument with my bf 😂 of course he’ll think I’ve gone insane
That was great! I love the have gestures but, there have to me more, no?
Molto simpatico...!!
Grazie Julie! =)
My god why have I been secretly doing all these gestures through my life?
You are the fifth curest thingy(my way to sarcastically call beautiful humans) that I have witnessed today - just adorable - I am virtually inloved - winkwink
i know a siciliano , and im remembering him as i watch this :)
Molto divertente 😄
Grazie! =)
Credo che quel classico gesto della mano con le dita unite sia nato per dire ai rompiscatole "quanto vuoi per toglierti davanti" perché è lo stesso gesto che usiamo per indicare il denaro frusciante.
Complimenti per la fantasia.
Quel classico gesto è nato molto prima, quando giravano solo le monete. È un gesto complicato da spiegare, perché esprime l'aggressività della mano ma anche cerca di reclamare attenzione su un punto ipotetico sopra o dentro la mano attraverso l'unione delle dita, ed infatti serve anche a indicare la persona, soprattutto a livello della bocca, per sottolineare la necessità di chiarezza comunicativa. In un certo senso esprime un valore, un oggetto teorico, ma il gesto delle banconote è totalmente diverso perché non esprime un concetto astratto ma replica il gesto vero, come succede per esempio col gesto delle dita a mo' di telefono.
Ciao
Great video. By the way, about the second gesture ("perfect") if you ever visit Turkey don't do that one or even sign "OK" like Americans do, as it's an obscene reference in Turkey.
I already do a few these naturally like delicious and your crazy or Loco, the confusion for me is the hand to mouth gestures I need to know more. N I think MaMa Mia is something my family has said . But when you roll your fist 👊 n point it ? Does that mean let's go. I saw a Italian musician do this from about 5 feet away from another ?? Thanks let me know ? Please
after watching some old italian films i've seen some characters make a gesture as so: it's like the "ok" hand gesture but the hand is help about upper chest high, and with the "ok" help over and horizontal, then lift upward quickly like pulling a threaded needle up. what does this mean?
it means white supremacy go with your guts lol
It's a little bit difficult without the context, because can be a couple of meanings, both positive or negative, and it's a little bit regional.
Fila il discorso, gesto di un filo teso.
It means straight like a perfect line (actually like a taut thread)
You're hilarious!
Grazie!!
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Have you heard of mt vesuvius
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Is there a good gesture for when a street scammer begins to approach you? something that says "stay away" or "don't bother me"?
You can do this 2:16. But place your hand just at the level of your chest. Better if you point the fingers towards the guy
You can do this:
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Cute ☺️
the first (What!) and the (Just if you imagine) we Arabs use them. the first expression means (slow down, wait or wait for the punishment if you do it with angry face). the second expression is exactly as Italians (and sometimes when you try to explain the good days\moments)
Awesome how italian is a better version of portuguese
I can literally understand everything he's saying without looking at the subtitles
I'm with C/o Subho on this
vai via and andiamo look similar to me. What's the difference?
They have different energy and rhythm. The "andiamo" is more subtle and brief, the "vai via" is more aggressive and wide. The first one is usually with the fingers open and relaxed close to the body (often it serves as secret message), the second one with the fingers stiff and close together with the arm extended (often squinting plus other facial expressions of disapprobation or hungriness)
We "Italianos" are very expressive that's for sure Alberto lol.
Yes, we are!
What about molto bene ? this phrase just came out of me when I was practicing out loud your phrases . . .
Ciao
Tu molto bello
Mi preocupato! Ho paura! Ho cagatto sotto! Ho cagatto sotto! Mama mia!🇮🇹🙏🏻🇺🇸
Me gesture the person who being crazy and I learn that gesture from oggey
Then don’t wanna be disrespectful , I pretend to be scratching my head hahaha
With that "go away" gesture, especially with the whistle, it looks more like beckoning someone.
I missed the one with the backs of the hands and fingers under the chin..
only i noticed that he looks a lot like michelangelo's david 😲
Well, sometimes the hand gestures are “You are getting on my nerves!“ lol
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Grazie, btw the final gesture in Greek means a lot, too many objects, like a lot of money.
Good to know!
6 is real ok ok
Italian sign language
Sarebbe stato meglio se avessi spiegato loro che usare il primo gesto a caso può far scattare una rissa in 02
Pistol gesture to express the finish. I guess mafia style
Is it weird that I’m Italian and that I don’t know half of them?
Definitely weird, there are plenty of italian gestures, and these are very common
What's the difference between "go away" and "let's go?" They looked the same to me.
Also, to an American, that E finito gesture might look like you're threatening to shoot them.
I realize that sounds like a joke, but I'm serious.
Of course, most Italians are probably smart and considerate enough not to use these too much to avoid confusing us.
Partly from the context and as he says in the video maybe from the position of the hand, lower for let’s go but for go away I would use another all hand fingers straight and the thumb folded in and a quick rotation counter clockwise along the middle finger axis… a bit complicated to describe in words 😂
They have different energy and rhythm. The "andiamo" is more subtle and brief, the "vai via" is more aggressive and wide. The first one is usually with the fingers open and relaxed close to the body (often it serves as secret message), the second one with the fingers stiff and close together with the arm extended (often squinting plus other facial expressions of disapprobation or hungriness)
The "è finito" mimics the counting fingers ending to one (but no more one with the other finger). No weapons intended, LOL
Tra gli altri manca il gesto dell'ombrello però
At 1'42" number three, which you said means "È finito", does it also mean that a guy's jewels doesn't work with ladies? I'm being euphemistic in this description....
Yes. 😏
Is that Valentino Rossi
Does the the pinch finger mean wtf?
MAMMA MIA!! XD The hand gesture for you can "f**k o*f" :D you can just say. "You can BRUSCHETTA F**K OUT OF HERE" :D:D
Fun fact: most people watching this video are Italians
dude looks half valentino rossi and pecco bagnaia
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Blue eyes. Turino?
L'italiano è come la lingua dei segni, capisci anche se non capisci la nostra lingua
You shit your pants can also mean you are scared, right
Explains alot! LOL
Aha
I recommend not to use that gesture 1:30 in Germany!
Good to know! Grazie. =)
What does it mean there?
Why do Italians say "word" instead of "world"?
6 rise hellllllllllllllllllllll
what about flicking your thumb across your teeth? that is suppose to be rude as well correct?
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Lol what's the point of learning rude gestures
Well, what's the point to learn bad words? The point is recognize them at least. But those gesture are welcome in funny moment with friends, like bad words!
@giovannimoriggi5833 what's the point to learn bad words? to break the ice. i dont know why i asked that. and idk if there is an answer
You guys are such drama queens! 😀
The "im not interested " one, in argentina means "no idea"
C'è da aggiungere il famoso "pugno in bocca" come a dire "fermatemi sennò lo ammazzo" 😅😅
In Abruzzo mettiamo le dita orizzontali e ci mordiamo l'indice. 🙂
It's very close to Armenian gestures. Eee-eeeeeeee