fa' 'e botte
🇮🇹 Italian slang from Naples
What does “fa' 'e botte” mean?
to set off fireworks (New Year’s Eve)
Example
“A Capodanno tutta Napule fa 'e botte.”
At New Year all of Naples sets off fireworks.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
🎉 Going out
The textbook way to say it: fare i fuochi d’artificio
More from Naples
- jammelet's go!; come on!
- pazziàto joke around
- la tarantellathe tarantella, a fast folk dance
- 'na birrettaa quick beer
- il limoncellolemon liqueur
- 'o lungomarethe seafront promenade
- 'o strusciothe evening stroll up and down the main street
- scialàto have a great time, to splash out
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