scialla
🇮🇹 Italian slang from Rome
What does “scialla” mean?
chill; take it easy
Example
“Scialla, c'è tempo.”
Chill, there's time.
Good to know
Roman youth slang now heard nationwide. Origin debated (possibly Arabic 'inshallah').
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
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The textbook way to say it: Stai tranquillo.
Heard in a conversation
Five-a-side on Thursday
Claudio Sì, 'n autogol! Vabbè, vengo, ma se perdemo sbrocco.
Yeah, an own goal! Fine, I'm coming, but if we lose I'll flip out.
Fabrizio Scialla, stavolta c'ho er mejo portiere de Roma: mi cugino.
Chill, this time I've got the best keeper in Rome: my cousin.
Claudio Tu cugino? Quer pischello de quindici anni?
Your cousin? That fifteen-year-old kid?
🧘 How other countries say “chill, take it easy”
More from Rome
- dajecome on!; let's go!
- er mejothe best
- ammazzawow!; damn!
- rosicareto be salty; jealous
- sticazziwho gives a damn
- pischellokid; youngster
- aridajehere we go again
- sbroccareto lose it; flip out
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