10 Italian Hand Gestures Explained!

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    Today you’ll finally understand some common Italian hand gestures.
    Hand gestures are part of every Italian’s life and you need to know the meaning of these gestures if you want to understand Italians and act as a true Italian.
    We are famous all over the world for expressing ourselves with our hands, we can’t communicate without using them.
    Some of these gestures are impolite, but I will warn you so you won’t happen to use them in the wrong context.
    At the end of this video, you’ll learn how to talk with your hands and you’ll become a true Italian!
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Комментарии • 136

  • @cosubho2219
    @cosubho2219 2 года назад +363

    My man looks like every roman emperor statue I have seen

  • @Marcomanexists
    @Marcomanexists Год назад +37

    I’m a 3rd generation Italian and only after watching videos like this do I understand why we’re so funny.

  • @mikefarrington7141
    @mikefarrington7141 2 года назад +53

    Funny and informative. I grew up in an area with lots of Italian immigrants and already knew most of these. Man, I'm so jealous of bilingual/multilingual folks like yourself, your English is excellent and the accent is lovely. I tried learning Spanish in school, but had a terrible teacher who did the bare minimum and I'm not even sure could speak Spanish herself.

    • @depressedkavi7673
      @depressedkavi7673 Год назад +4

      Come to India my friend in India we have to speak atleast two language ,
      Even I speak 6 languages

    • @tanishqdaiya
      @tanishqdaiya Год назад +2

      ​@@depressedkavi7673 Yeah, in India almost everyone knows 2 languages. And if they are from a region with their own regional language, they know 3. And then they can learn 2-3 more if they are really interested. I myself know 4. And one of them isn't even recognised as a real language due to so many dialects and differences in between.

    • @user-of1ip3fg1p
      @user-of1ip3fg1p 10 месяцев назад +1

      😊😊😊

  • @maryannmanconi6295
    @maryannmanconi6295 7 дней назад

    Very good video. I loved that you put the subtitles in english and italian. Thank You! Oh, and you do look like a Roman Emperor.

  • @alecantoci1642
    @alecantoci1642 3 года назад +26

    I would definitely pay you for tutoring in learning Italian

    • @italianforamericans2416
      @italianforamericans2416  3 года назад +3

      Thank you, Alec. I appreciate it.
      If you're interested in my course for beginners, you can check it out here: enroll.italianoautomatico.com/italian-for-beginners-course

  • @trotskylenin
    @trotskylenin Год назад +21

    Exactly the same meaning to almost all of them in Argentina.

    • @gerasmaster2099
      @gerasmaster2099 Год назад +4

      El ultimo es: se te frunció el culo

    • @poison3617
      @poison3617 11 месяцев назад +5

      In Brazil too

    • @amiquigonzales7917
      @amiquigonzales7917 15 дней назад

      That was I thought immediately: Wow, the Volume off and you watch an Argentinian talking. Sooo Italian, and sooo visible to us fellow South Americans 😂

  • @abidemontfort.1633
    @abidemontfort.1633 7 месяцев назад +2

    Wonderful! It’s a very expressive, poetic language. 👏👏👏👏

  • @MilciadesAndrion
    @MilciadesAndrion 3 года назад +19

    Great information. Thanks for the video. I want to learn to speak italian. You are an excellent teacher.

  • @elenachepurka3094
    @elenachepurka3094 2 года назад +15

    Wow! Discovery of the month. Alberto speaking English. The best video about gestures I've seen so far.
    Guardo tutti i tuoi video in italiano. Adesso inizio a guardare anche in inglese. Molto utile come sempre. Per favore non fermarti. Mi ispiri molto

  • @rubenmedina9241
    @rubenmedina9241 27 дней назад

    I love your channel friend, just barely trying to learn. Your videos are warm and easy to learn from.

  • @samcaradonna3228
    @samcaradonna3228 Год назад +2

    As a Canadian/ Italian I truly love ' Ma.. Ti Scanno'
    ( Thumb to the throat, slicing from Left to Right)

  • @zaynalsikder9213
    @zaynalsikder9213 8 месяцев назад

    love ITALY and Italian gestures ❤❤❤

  • @Tabatha437
    @Tabatha437 2 года назад

    So good!

  • @shaonsengupta6366
    @shaonsengupta6366 6 месяцев назад

    You’re really good and entertaining. And very funny in your explanations. Especially the whistle.
    My Italian partner does all of this and I am amused for life!

  • @shwetaaaaaaaaaaaa
    @shwetaaaaaaaaaaaa 2 года назад

    Thankyou so much 💙

  • @lilyofthevalley5586
    @lilyofthevalley5586 2 года назад

    Molto grazie!

  • @alessandrodimeo6570
    @alessandrodimeo6570 Год назад

    Grazie mille!

  • @markkennedy3677
    @markkennedy3677 9 месяцев назад

    Excellent 👌

  • @jahodapozen
    @jahodapozen 4 месяца назад +1

    I see Non mi interessa gesture in movie and I dont know what it is. Thank you very much 😂❤

  • @moohHa22
    @moohHa22 2 года назад +6

    You’d better believe I was copying your hand gestures throughout. I think I’m gonna use some of these the next time I have an argument with my bf 😂 of course he’ll think I’ve gone insane

  • @user-zx6te9uv7e
    @user-zx6te9uv7e 6 месяцев назад

    I really enjoyed the video

  • @dukeoffrance2063
    @dukeoffrance2063 Год назад +6

    My god why have I been secretly doing all these gestures through my life?

  • @myadventureandvlogschannel1502
    @myadventureandvlogschannel1502 2 года назад

    Thank you for sharing. I should know this hahah. Thanks a lot sir. God bless po

  • @sasidhartharra7652
    @sasidhartharra7652 Год назад

    Very good

  • @-luciella-3697
    @-luciella-3697 2 года назад +2

    2:40
    Not me crying bc my Italian grandpa does that to me when he's disappointed

  • @Mia-de8xf
    @Mia-de8xf 3 года назад +1

    Ottimo video! 👌

  • @sketchartist1964
    @sketchartist1964 Год назад

    Lol that was funny! Grazie!

  • @juliepanizzi349
    @juliepanizzi349 3 года назад +2

    Molto simpatico...!!

  • @LadyFortworth
    @LadyFortworth 2 года назад

    You are the fifth curest thingy(my way to sarcastically call beautiful humans) that I have witnessed today - just adorable - I am virtually inloved - winkwink

  • @theinvisibleman5878
    @theinvisibleman5878 Год назад

    That was great! I love the have gestures but, there have to me more, no?

  • @annakings9127
    @annakings9127 3 года назад

    Molto divertente 😄

  • @dhaianne08
    @dhaianne08 2 года назад +1

    i know a siciliano , and im remembering him as i watch this :)

  • @jamespittman520
    @jamespittman520 5 месяцев назад

    Great video. By the way, about the second gesture ("perfect") if you ever visit Turkey don't do that one or even sign "OK" like Americans do, as it's an obscene reference in Turkey.

  • @kathyhayward2228
    @kathyhayward2228 Год назад

    I already do a few these naturally like delicious and your crazy or Loco, the confusion for me is the hand to mouth gestures I need to know more. N I think MaMa Mia is something my family has said . But when you roll your fist 👊 n point it ? Does that mean let's go. I saw a Italian musician do this from about 5 feet away from another ?? Thanks let me know ? Please

  • @princesscookatielette5082
    @princesscookatielette5082 3 года назад +1

    Have you heard of mt vesuvius

  • @md65000
    @md65000 Год назад +3

    Is there a good gesture for when a street scammer begins to approach you? something that says "stay away" or "don't bother me"?

    • @Bluren21
      @Bluren21 7 месяцев назад

      You can do this 2:16. But place your hand just at the level of your chest. Better if you point the fingers towards the guy

    • @pagodebregaeforro2803
      @pagodebregaeforro2803 4 месяца назад

      You can do this:
      🖕🏽

  • @Parzival224
    @Parzival224 10 месяцев назад +1

    Credo che quel classico gesto della mano con le dita unite sia nato per dire ai rompiscatole "quanto vuoi per toglierti davanti" perché è lo stesso gesto che usiamo per indicare il denaro frusciante.

    • @giovannimoriggi5833
      @giovannimoriggi5833 7 месяцев назад

      Complimenti per la fantasia.
      Quel classico gesto è nato molto prima, quando giravano solo le monete. È un gesto complicato da spiegare, perché esprime l'aggressività della mano ma anche cerca di reclamare attenzione su un punto ipotetico sopra o dentro la mano attraverso l'unione delle dita, ed infatti serve anche a indicare la persona, soprattutto a livello della bocca, per sottolineare la necessità di chiarezza comunicativa. In un certo senso esprime un valore, un oggetto teorico, ma il gesto delle banconote è totalmente diverso perché non esprime un concetto astratto ma replica il gesto vero, come succede per esempio col gesto delle dita a mo' di telefono.
      Ciao

  • @rajajessonsingh387
    @rajajessonsingh387 2 года назад

    Cute ☺️

  • @Ecosse57
    @Ecosse57 Год назад +3

    after watching some old italian films i've seen some characters make a gesture as so: it's like the "ok" hand gesture but the hand is help about upper chest high, and with the "ok" help over and horizontal, then lift upward quickly like pulling a threaded needle up. what does this mean?

    • @danidan2174
      @danidan2174 Год назад

      it means white supremacy go with your guts lol

    • @giovannimoriggi5833
      @giovannimoriggi5833 Год назад

      It's a little bit difficult without the context, because can be a couple of meanings, both positive or negative, and it's a little bit regional.

    • @fabiovenditti3152
      @fabiovenditti3152 Год назад

      Fila il discorso, gesto di un filo teso.

    • @giovannimoriggi5833
      @giovannimoriggi5833 7 месяцев назад

      It means straight like a perfect line (actually like a taut thread)

  • @papatya8948
    @papatya8948 3 месяца назад

    👏👏👏

  • @artzuniga7785
    @artzuniga7785 Год назад

    I'm with C/o Subho on this

  • @TA-lb9ew
    @TA-lb9ew 3 года назад +2

    You're hilarious!

  • @VicMartino
    @VicMartino 3 года назад +4

    We "Italianos" are very expressive that's for sure Alberto lol.

  • @sonoitaliano.32
    @sonoitaliano.32 8 месяцев назад

    ❤❤

  • @gabeworks_
    @gabeworks_ 9 месяцев назад

    Awesome how italian is a better version of portuguese
    I can literally understand everything he's saying without looking at the subtitles

  • @princesscookatielette5082
    @princesscookatielette5082 3 года назад +1

    Ciao

  • @mustafayousif2696
    @mustafayousif2696 9 месяцев назад

    the first (What!) and the (Just if you imagine) we Arabs use them. the first expression means (slow down, wait or wait for the punishment if you do it with angry face). the second expression is exactly as Italians (and sometimes when you try to explain the good days\moments)

  • @michaelgeorge819
    @michaelgeorge819 10 месяцев назад

    vai via and andiamo look similar to me. What's the difference?

    • @giovannimoriggi5833
      @giovannimoriggi5833 7 месяцев назад

      They have different energy and rhythm. The "andiamo" is more subtle and brief, the "vai via" is more aggressive and wide. The first one is usually with the fingers open and relaxed close to the body (often it serves as secret message), the second one with the fingers stiff and close together with the arm extended (often squinting plus other facial expressions of disapprobation or hungriness)

  • @qaiserqaiser9843
    @qaiserqaiser9843 2 года назад

    Tu molto bello

  • @glenbellefonte9620
    @glenbellefonte9620 3 года назад +1

    Mi preocupato! Ho paura! Ho cagatto sotto! Ho cagatto sotto! Mama mia!🇮🇹🙏🏻🇺🇸

  • @LadyFortworth
    @LadyFortworth 2 года назад

    What about molto bene ? this phrase just came out of me when I was practicing out loud your phrases . . .

  • @Kiduejwijemdklwwlkemm
    @Kiduejwijemdklwwlkemm 2 года назад +1

    Me gesture the person who being crazy and I learn that gesture from oggey
    Then don’t wanna be disrespectful , I pretend to be scratching my head hahaha

  • @user-pw1mw5kk4i
    @user-pw1mw5kk4i 2 месяца назад

    6 is real ok ok

  • @zeejimi4044
    @zeejimi4044 5 месяцев назад

    I missed the one with the backs of the hands and fingers under the chin..

  • @meetmeinitalia
    @meetmeinitalia Год назад

    😆😆👌👌

  • @zappababe8577
    @zappababe8577 2 года назад

    With that "go away" gesture, especially with the whistle, it looks more like beckoning someone.

  • @Nicholas.Tsagkos
    @Nicholas.Tsagkos 3 года назад +5

    Grazie, btw the final gesture in Greek means a lot, too many objects, like a lot of money.

  • @antoniomaraspin
    @antoniomaraspin 2 года назад

    Sarebbe stato meglio se avessi spiegato loro che usare il primo gesto a caso può far scattare una rissa in 02

  • @docemorar
    @docemorar 2 года назад +1

    only i noticed that he looks a lot like michelangelo's david 😲

  • @jennifercuddy5663
    @jennifercuddy5663 Год назад

    Well, sometimes the hand gestures are “You are getting on my nerves!“ lol

  • @dmitrykim3096
    @dmitrykim3096 11 месяцев назад

    Pistol gesture to express the finish. I guess mafia style

  • @alessandrorigobello7551
    @alessandrorigobello7551 Год назад

    Tra gli altri manca il gesto dell'ombrello però

  • @malvina1952
    @malvina1952 Месяц назад

    Italian sign language

  • @peepaw8717
    @peepaw8717 2 года назад

    Does the the pinch finger mean wtf?

  • @littledotti6808
    @littledotti6808 2 дня назад

    3. Finito! Um yeah. Good time to pack up and leave Italy.🤣😂😅😵 Imagine all the new hand gestures they could invent if they had as much arms as an octopus.

  • @luiginocm
    @luiginocm 2 года назад

    At 1'42" number three, which you said means "È finito", does it also mean that a guy's jewels doesn't work with ladies? I'm being euphemistic in this description....

  • @MedooWolf
    @MedooWolf 2 месяца назад

    🤌🏽

  • @user-rm1vm4dk6t
    @user-rm1vm4dk6t 11 месяцев назад +1

    Is it weird that I’m Italian and that I don’t know half of them?

    • @giovannimoriggi5833
      @giovannimoriggi5833 7 месяцев назад

      Definitely weird, there are plenty of italian gestures, and these are very common

  • @jameswoodard4304
    @jameswoodard4304 Год назад

    What's the difference between "go away" and "let's go?" They looked the same to me.
    Also, to an American, that E finito gesture might look like you're threatening to shoot them.
    I realize that sounds like a joke, but I'm serious.
    Of course, most Italians are probably smart and considerate enough not to use these too much to avoid confusing us.

    • @marcobucci4375
      @marcobucci4375 7 месяцев назад

      Partly from the context and as he says in the video maybe from the position of the hand, lower for let’s go but for go away I would use another all hand fingers straight and the thumb folded in and a quick rotation counter clockwise along the middle finger axis… a bit complicated to describe in words 😂

    • @giovannimoriggi5833
      @giovannimoriggi5833 7 месяцев назад

      They have different energy and rhythm. The "andiamo" is more subtle and brief, the "vai via" is more aggressive and wide. The first one is usually with the fingers open and relaxed close to the body (often it serves as secret message), the second one with the fingers stiff and close together with the arm extended (often squinting plus other facial expressions of disapprobation or hungriness)

    • @giovannimoriggi5833
      @giovannimoriggi5833 7 месяцев назад

      The "è finito" mimics the counting fingers ending to one (but no more one with the other finger). No weapons intended, LOL

  • @igandikasigit
    @igandikasigit 3 года назад

    Is that Valentino Rossi

  • @DMAIRS
    @DMAIRS Год назад

    Aha

  • @balazsrakocz3435
    @balazsrakocz3435 2 года назад

    MAMMA MIA!! XD The hand gesture for you can "f**k o*f" :D you can just say. "You can BRUSCHETTA F**K OUT OF HERE" :D:D

  • @unitedhearts1341
    @unitedhearts1341 Год назад

    Blue eyes. Turino?

  • @riccardix1097
    @riccardix1097 Месяц назад

    Fun fact: most people watching this video are Italians

  • @bobbiesinger3657
    @bobbiesinger3657 Год назад

    dude looks half valentino rossi and pecco bagnaia

  • @ECWnWWF
    @ECWnWWF Год назад

    what about flicking your thumb across your teeth? that is suppose to be rude as well correct?

  • @nikiinspired9408
    @nikiinspired9408 3 года назад +2

    Explains alot! LOL

  • @cubby6708
    @cubby6708 5 месяцев назад

    You shit your pants can also mean you are scared, right

  • @user-pw1mw5kk4i
    @user-pw1mw5kk4i 2 месяца назад

    6 rise hellllllllllllllllllllll

  • @investmentgammler4550
    @investmentgammler4550 3 года назад +3

    I recommend not to use that gesture 1:30 in Germany!

  • @GrumpyOldMan9
    @GrumpyOldMan9 10 месяцев назад

    Why do Italians say "word" instead of "world"?

  • @enricapurgatorio7730
    @enricapurgatorio7730 9 месяцев назад

    L'italiano è come la lingua dei segni, capisci anche se non capisci la nostra lingua

  • @DOUGLASKALLADIM
    @DOUGLASKALLADIM 8 месяцев назад

    👉👌

  • @souvikdas
    @souvikdas Год назад

    You guys are such drama queens! 😀

  • @Plutomaniaa
    @Plutomaniaa Год назад

    Lol what's the point of learning rude gestures

    • @giovannimoriggi5833
      @giovannimoriggi5833 7 месяцев назад

      Well, what's the point to learn bad words? The point is recognize them at least. But those gesture are welcome in funny moment with friends, like bad words!

    • @Plutomaniaa
      @Plutomaniaa 7 месяцев назад

      @giovannimoriggi5833 ​ what's the point to learn bad words? to break the ice. i dont know why i asked that. and idk if there is an answer

  • @agustinm1793
    @agustinm1793 7 месяцев назад

    The "im not interested " one, in argentina means "no idea"

  • @smash630
    @smash630 Год назад

    C'è da aggiungere il famoso "pugno in bocca" come a dire "fermatemi sennò lo ammazzo" 😅😅

    • @eolobrontolo9117
      @eolobrontolo9117 10 месяцев назад

      In Abruzzo mettiamo le dita orizzontali e ci mordiamo l'indice. 🙂

  • @Officialmryuck
    @Officialmryuck Месяц назад

    Hey so in America, there's sign language, obviously for people who can't hear/speak... If Italians can hear and speak why do they use gestures so much? 🤌

  • @andin.armenianjourneychron1208
    @andin.armenianjourneychron1208 3 месяца назад

    It's very close to Armenian gestures. Eee-eeeeeeee