magnà
🇮🇹 Italian slang from Naples
What does “magnà” mean?
to eat
Example
“Jamme a magnà, tengo famme.”
Let's go eat, I'm hungry.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
🌮 Food
The textbook way to say it: mangiare
Heard in a conversation
Sunday on the seafront
Rosaria Uè Gaetà! Bene, ma tengo fame. Primma pigliammo 'na sfogliatella?
Hey Gaetà! Good, but I'm hungry. Shall we grab a sfogliatella first?
Gaetano Sempe a magnà! Va buò, ma ampressa, ca dopo ce sta 'a folla.
Always eating! Okay, but quickly, later it gets crowded.
Rosaria Guarda chillu scugnizzo ca se tuffa d''o scoglio!
Look at that street kid diving off the rock!
More from Naples
- tengo fameI'm hungry
- 'na birrettaa quick beer
- il limoncellolemon liqueur
- la pizza a portafogliostreet pizza folded in four
- la sfogliatellashell-shaped flaky pastry with ricotta
- 'o cuoppopaper cone of fried food
- 'o ragùslow-cooked Sunday meat sauce
- 'na tazzulella 'e cafèa little cup of coffee
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