apericena
🇮🇹 Italian slang from Milan
What does “apericena” mean?
aperitivo that replaces dinner
Example
“Stasera niente cena, facciamo apericena.”
No dinner tonight, let's do an apericena.
Good to know
Aperitivo + cena (dinner): a drink with a big buffet. Born in Milan, now national.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
🌮 Food🎉 Going out
The textbook way to say it: aperitivo con buffet al posto della cena
Heard in a conversation
Aperitivo on the Navigli
Giacomo Bella zio! Stasera apericena sui Navigli coi regaz?
Hey dude! Aperitivo dinner on the Navigli tonight with the guys?
Ale Taac! Ci sto. Ho lavorato a bestia tutta la settimana.
Boom! I'm in. I've worked like crazy all week.
More from Milan
- lo spritzthe orange aperitivo cocktail
- la cotolettaMilanese breaded veal chop
- il risotto giallosaffron risotto (risotto alla milanese)
- il panzerottofried filled dough pocket (Luini’s, by the Duomo)
- i Naviglithe canals district, Milan’s night out
- il tavoloa reserved table with bottles at a club
- fare tardito stay out late
- la discothe club
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