Contrattare il posto a sedere durante un viaggio
A2 Italian listening practice · Standard Italian · Curated for beginners
What does “affare fatto” mean in Italian?
Affare fatto is the Italian phrase used to close a deal, like English “it’s a deal” or “done.” Translated literally as “affair done,” it lands at the end of a haggle, often with a handshake, sometimes with a clap on the shoulder. Italians use it across markets, garages, and informal contracts.
This clip is a haggling scene where one passenger negotiates with another for a window seat. They start at twenty euros, climb to fifty, then stretch to eighty for the whole trip. The closing line is affare fatto, the Italian seal on a small spoken contract. The phrase belongs to a spoken-Italian tradition where price agreements often get sealed with a small ritual rather than a piece of paper.
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Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · OpenSubtitles 2018 (HermitDave) (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
- ▸In Italian flea markets and antique fairs (Porta Portese in Rome, Mercatone Flaminio)
- ▸In Italian car-buying and used-vehicle scenes
- ▸In Italian films featuring market or trading scenes (Caro Diario, Big Night)
- ▸In Italian small-business negotiations
- ▸In Italian commedia dell’arte revivals about merchants