arrangiarsi
🇮🇹 Italian slang from Naples
What does “arrangiarsi” mean?
to get by, to make do
Example
“A Napule ce sapimmo arrangià.”
In Naples we know how to get by.
Good to know
"L'arte di arrangiarsi": the Neapolitan art of making do.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
💼 Work
The textbook way to say it: cavarsela
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