What does “stravaccato” mean in Italian?
Speed date comico con battute su Ronaldo
B1 Italian listening practice · Standard Italian · Curated for intermediate learners
In this comic speed date, a guy claims he resembles Cristiano Ronaldo, then deflates it: «quando sono stravaccato in boxer sul divano» (“when I’m sprawled in my boxers on the couch”). Stravaccato means sprawled, slumped, or flopped down lazily.
It’s gloriously expressive: the stra- piles on intensity (think “utterly”), so to be stravaccato is to be melted into the sofa, all elbows and slouch. The joke runs on the gap between a chiseled footballer and a guy stravaccato in his underwear. The perfect word for couch-potato season.
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Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · OpenSubtitles 2018 (HermitDave) (spoken). Buckets approximate; exact ranks not stored.
- ▸In Italian comedy and dating sketches.
- ▸Describing someone slumped on the divano (sofa).
- ▸In Italian banter about lazy Sundays.
- ▸Italian football chat comparing fans to the stars.