zarro
🇮🇹 Italian slang from Milan
What does “zarro” mean?
chav; tacky show-off
Example
“Con quella macchina truccata sembra proprio uno zarro.”
With that pimped-out car he looks like a total chav.
Good to know
Milan/northern equivalent of 'tamarro'. Mildly derogatory.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
🙄 Teasing
The textbook way to say it: pacchiano
Heard in a conversation
Aperitivo on the Navigli
Ale Che pirla. Gli scrivo io: se ci dà pacco anche stasera, è fuori.
What an idiot. I'll text him: if he bails on us tonight too, he's out.
Giacomo Guarda quello con la tuta lucida e la catena d'oro. Che zarro!
Look at the guy with the shiny tracksuit and the gold chain. Such a chav!
Ale E lì c'è la sciura del terzo piano col barboncino, ahah.
And there's the posh lady from the third floor with her poodle, haha.
🕶️ How other countries say “tacky show-off (a chav)”
- 🇮🇹 tamarroItaly
- 🇮🇹 coattoRome
- 🇮🇹 tascioNaples
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- braccino cortostingy (lit. "short little arm")
- fuori come un balconetotally nuts
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