10 Italian Hand Gestures Explained!

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  • Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2024

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  • @cosubho2219
    @cosubho2219 2 года назад +404

    My man looks like every roman emperor statue I have seen

  • @mikefarrington7141
    @mikefarrington7141 2 года назад +60

    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 2 года 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.

    • @elmarka17
      @elmarka17 Год назад +1

      😊😊😊

    • @IsaacLungu
      @IsaacLungu 4 дня назад

      It's not too late to learn

  • @trotskylenin
    @trotskylenin 2 года назад +25

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

    • @gerasmaster2099
      @gerasmaster2099 Год назад +4

      El ultimo es: se te frunció el culo

    • @amiquigonzales7917
      @amiquigonzales7917 6 месяцев 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 😂

  • @alecantoci1642
    @alecantoci1642 4 года назад +27

    I would definitely pay you for tutoring in learning Italian

    • @italianforamericans2416
      @italianforamericans2416  4 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

  • @MilciadesAndrion
    @MilciadesAndrion 4 года назад +19

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

  • @contraspemspero-lu
    @contraspemspero-lu 3 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

  • @in801fo5
    @in801fo5 15 дней назад

    Very accurate my dear compatriot, good job

  • @abidemontfort.1633
    @abidemontfort.1633 Год назад +2

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

  • @samcaradonna3228
    @samcaradonna3228 Год назад +2

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

  • @rubenmedina9241
    @rubenmedina9241 6 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @shock_resist7900
    @shock_resist7900 10 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @maryannmanconi6295
    @maryannmanconi6295 5 месяцев назад +1

    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.

  • @zaynalsikder9213
    @zaynalsikder9213 Год назад +1

    love ITALY and Italian gestures ❤❤❤

  • @valerietan1732
    @valerietan1732 4 месяца назад

    Thank you! I was looking for a vid like that but couldn't find any! Yours is it! 👏🏼Very nice!

  • @shaonsengupta6366
    @shaonsengupta6366 Год 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!

  • @surlygirly1926
    @surlygirly1926 2 месяца назад

    Questo video è perfetto! 👌

  • @htimsid
    @htimsid 5 месяцев назад

    What an adorable video!

  • @JulianStephens-e6z
    @JulianStephens-e6z Год назад

    I really enjoyed the video

  • @theinvisibleman5878
    @theinvisibleman5878 Год назад

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

  • @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

  • @RichSalles
    @RichSalles 5 месяцев назад

    SOOOOOOO Adorable!!! 0:46 am subscribed! could listen to you all day!!! U R sooooo cute!

  • @markkennedy3677
    @markkennedy3677 Год назад

    Excellent 👌

  • @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

  • @Quietstorm9
    @Quietstorm9 11 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.

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

    Ottimo video! 👌

  • @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 Год 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 9 месяцев назад

      You can do this:
      🖕🏽

  • @juliepanizzi349
    @juliepanizzi349 4 года назад +2

    Molto simpatico...!!

  • @gabeworks_
    @gabeworks_ Год назад +1

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

  • @alessandrodimeo6570
    @alessandrodimeo6570 2 года назад

    Grazie mille!

  • @Parzival224
    @Parzival224 Год 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 Год 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

  • @myadventureandvlogschannel1502
    @myadventureandvlogschannel1502 3 года назад

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

  • @Ecosse57
    @Ecosse57 2 года 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 2 года 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 Год назад

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

  • @lilyofthevalley5586
    @lilyofthevalley5586 2 года назад

    Molto grazie!

  • @TizocStoneworks
    @TizocStoneworks Год назад +6

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

  • @Tabatha437
    @Tabatha437 2 года назад

    So good!

  • @sketchartist1964
    @sketchartist1964 Год назад

    Lol that was funny! Grazie!

  • @shwetaaaaaaaaaaaa
    @shwetaaaaaaaaaaaa 3 года назад

    Thankyou so much 💙

  • @kathyhayward2228
    @kathyhayward2228 2 года 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

  • @LadyFortworth
    @LadyFortworth 3 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

  • @riccardix143
    @riccardix143 7 месяцев назад +4

    Fun fact: most people watching this video are Italians

  • @mustafayousif2696
    @mustafayousif2696 Год 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)

  • @steveneardley7541
    @steveneardley7541 4 месяца назад

    The "pazzo" gesture is understood in the U.S. Often you make a small circle with your index finger close to your head.

  • @princesscookatielette5082
    @princesscookatielette5082 3 года назад +1

    Have you heard of mt vesuvius

  • @artzuniga7785
    @artzuniga7785 Год назад

    I'm with C/o Subho on this

  • @michaelgeorge819
    @michaelgeorge819 Год назад

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

    • @giovannimoriggi5833
      @giovannimoriggi5833 Год 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)

  • @VicMartino
    @VicMartino 4 года назад +4

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

  • @TA-lb9ew
    @TA-lb9ew 4 года назад +2

    You're hilarious!

  • @annakings9127
    @annakings9127 4 года назад

    Molto divertente 😄

  • @LadyFortworth
    @LadyFortworth 3 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

  • @zeejimi4044
    @zeejimi4044 11 месяцев назад

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

  • @glenbellefonte9620
    @glenbellefonte9620 3 года назад +1

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

  • @arejayranu
    @arejayranu 3 года назад

    Cute ☺️

  • @papatya8948
    @papatya8948 9 месяцев назад

    👏👏👏

  • @zappababe8577
    @zappababe8577 2 года назад

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

  • @sonoitaliano.32
    @sonoitaliano.32 Год назад

    ❤❤

  • @princesscookatielette5082
    @princesscookatielette5082 3 года назад +1

    Ciao

  • @Nicholas.Tsagkos
    @Nicholas.Tsagkos 4 года назад +5

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

  • @jameswoodard4304
    @jameswoodard4304 2 года 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 Год 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 Год 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 Год назад

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

  • @jennifercuddy5663
    @jennifercuddy5663 Год назад

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

  • @docemorar
    @docemorar 2 года назад +1

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

  • @littledotti
    @littledotti 5 месяцев 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.

  • @qaiserqaiser9843
    @qaiserqaiser9843 2 года назад

    Tu molto bello

  • @mars4852
    @mars4852 2 месяца назад +1

    i study latin and it's so jarring hearing italian. they're so similar

  • @luiginocm
    @luiginocm 3 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....

  • @EricaRaffaelli
    @EricaRaffaelli Год назад +1

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

    • @giovannimoriggi5833
      @giovannimoriggi5833 Год назад

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

  • @antoniomaraspin
    @antoniomaraspin 3 года назад

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

  • @peepaw8717
    @peepaw8717 2 года назад

    Does the the pinch finger mean wtf?

  • @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

  • @dmitrykim3096
    @dmitrykim3096 Год назад

    Pistol gesture to express the finish. I guess mafia style

  • @primatera1960
    @primatera1960 4 месяца назад

    Sono le stesse anche in morocco

  • @mawarmerah62718
    @mawarmerah62718 3 года назад +1

    Is that Valentino Rossi

  • @basscubs
    @basscubs 11 месяцев назад

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

  • @KerdeedsPhone
    @KerdeedsPhone 8 месяцев назад

    6 is real ok ok

  • @meetmeinitalia
    @meetmeinitalia Год назад

    😆😆👌👌

  • @alessandrorigobello7551
    @alessandrorigobello7551 2 года назад

    Tra gli altri manca il gesto dell'ombrello però

  • @malvina1952
    @malvina1952 7 месяцев назад

    Italian sign language

  • @bobbiesinger3657
    @bobbiesinger3657 2 года назад

    dude looks half valentino rossi and pecco bagnaia

  • @travelsinchinese640
    @travelsinchinese640 3 месяца назад

    Italian for Americans? Not for me then-arrivederci!

  • @investmentgammler4550
    @investmentgammler4550 4 года назад +5

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

  • @GrumpyOldMan9
    @GrumpyOldMan9 Год назад

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

  • @ECWnWWF
    @ECWnWWF 2 года назад

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

  • @MedooWolf
    @MedooWolf 7 месяцев назад

    🤌🏽

  • @DMAIRS
    @DMAIRS 2 года назад

    Aha

  • @enricapurgatorio7730
    @enricapurgatorio7730 Год назад

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

  • @nikiinspired9408
    @nikiinspired9408 4 года назад +2

    Explains alot! LOL

  • @KerdeedsPhone
    @KerdeedsPhone 8 месяцев назад

    6 rise hellllllllllllllllllllll

  • @unitedhearts1341
    @unitedhearts1341 2 года назад

    Blue eyes. Turino?

  • @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 Год 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 Год 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 Год назад

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

  • @Officialmryuck
    @Officialmryuck 6 месяцев 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? 🤌

  • @smash630
    @smash630 Год назад

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

    • @eolobrontolo9117
      @eolobrontolo9117 Год назад

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

  • @andin.armenianjourneychron1208
    @andin.armenianjourneychron1208 8 месяцев назад

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