What does “stravaccato” mean in Italian?
Speed date comico con battute su Ronaldo
B1 Italian listening practice · Standard Italian · Picked for people who know some
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.
How common are the words?
How common are the words in this B1 Italian listening practice video?
How common in written Italian
How common in spoken Italian
Harder words in this video
These words are harder than B1. Here is what they mean.
Source: wordfreq 3.1.1 (general) · OpenSubtitles 2018 (HermitDave) (spoken). These numbers are close, not perfect.
- ▸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.