🇮🇹15 Most common ITALIAN Hand Gestures: Meaning (Italian culture)

This video is about the meaning of Italian hand gestures. It's interesting to notice how a foreigner might react not knowing what they stand for.
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Starting with the hand gesture of the pinched fingers, so many people around the world are quite familiar with Italian body language but do they actually have the slightest clue of the meaning of the most common Italian hand gestures? It seems like they come in handy when mocking Italians is the goal but what about using them to speak Italian without knowing the Italian language?

Using hand gestures in the language was already a thing in ancient Rome, so it's deeply rooted. However, it's probably after the fall of the Western Roman Empire that the aid of the hands in the language became essential. Immigrants and colonizers arrived from everywhere: Carolingians, Normans, Saracens, Visigoths, German tribes, Austrians, French, etc. All of a sudden the local language was not dominant anymore and resorting to the use of the hands became very practical.

According to a study, Italians use around 250 hand gestures in everyday conversation. While most Italians don't even realize how much they depend on them, for a foreigner it could be quite useful to learn at least the basic ones to communicate with locals.

It's important to understand that the Italian culture is very vast and there are Italians who emigrated all over the world. Also, because Italy was fragmented in small kingdoms for many centuries, sometimes not only the spoken dialects are completely different languages but also the meaning of certain gestures could vary, slightly or even substantially. For instance, some Italian Americans use a gesture that in their interpretation is very rude and shows anger while the same gesture in most of Italy, especially Southern, is used to simply say "I don't care, whatever...". And what about the "rock on!" sign? Did you know you could actually get in trouble in Italy by using that very sign that in so many countries would pump you up at a rock concert?

So it's important to know the meaning of the Italian hand gestures but it's also essential to know which hand gestures to avoid because they're considered rude and offensive in Italy or by Italians.

Watch this video and the meaning of some iconic Italian hand gestures will be explained to you in a funny way. Please share this video with your Italian friends or with your friends who like Italian culture or are about to travel to Italy.

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This video was about the meaning of Italian hand gestures.

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[GQ]

Finally, real Italian language lessons!

[doneinsecondsnow]

The best Italian lessons! Such a great way of explaining through the lessons that it is a pleasure learning. I love travelin to Italy (sono di Croazia - is it correct? 😄) and I can't wait to go back to Italy and test my new skills (and hope not to embarrass myself😄). This is an other great video from Dolce Vita duo and since I am from Croatia we have some of the same hand gestures. It was fun to see this. Bravissimo! And thank you!

[krunoslavkovacec]

I first got introduced to Luca in a JoeGoes video I watched a few days ago, when he was in Rome. I saw your comment in the comments section and stumbled upon your channel. It is awesome and I am glad I did.
Happy holidays Luca and Marina.

[PuneetGaur]

He is a great guy. Highly recommended for Rome tours.

[krunoslavkovacec]

In Croatia:

2:05 A romantic type of waving to someone
2:52 Hey, look at this!
4:07 I'll smack your behind/You'll get beaten up - the first meaning ussualy to misbehaving kids
4:59 Are you affraid?
6:15 Shout your mouth
6:40 It's perfect! ( not just related to food but in general )
7:02 For some reason we call it "bosanski grb" or "bosnian coat of arms"; it means "S*** you" of "F you"
7:26 - You/He/She are/is crazy
7:51 - We use it when we repeat something that is important or when someone is not being reasonable

[nicholasmurphy]

Guys awesome video! You are such a great couple on screen! Are actually a couple in real life either? I’d love to know a bit more of you guys! Buon Natale!

[igorkomin]

Ironically the rock'n'roll gesture also has Italian roots. It was introduced by Dio (Padavona) who copied it from his Italian nonna. However she herself used it in order to protect from and exorcise demons of Dio who she thought was worshiping devil.

[MuLbn]

I loved your content guys but I think you put way too many "sound effects". Your videos are much better without them in my humble opinion.
Thank you so much for your content <3

[sukranhsmn]

Que bello! Mi piace molto! Sono turca and it is so interesting to see we actually have a few (like number 3 and 7) in common. We also use hand gestures a lot. Saluti da Turchia! :)

[nicyfrancis]

Hi I am an Indian. Only addicted to ur channel to learn Italian. Soooo sweet of you both dolce copia

[LuisEnrique-zchm]

Hello!! Im from Mexico, and we use the same gesture for "are you scared?" Haha I thought it was only a mexican gesture.

[mx]

I have a suggestion Can you do an Italian Podcast without using english just italian that's my opinion and thank you

[JamesKing-bumd]

FUN VIDEO . . . always fun to watch Marina's reactions. Best wishes to you both.

[sheentheexplorer]

I love the Italian language and I’m slowly learning it

[alishasrainbowcrafts]

this vedio makes me laugh a lot because Marina's guesses were so funny😂😂😂

[ghaliaziz]

Toujours charmante tout les deux que dieu vous protégera ensemble

[tahamenji]

Iam a moroccan arab and we definitely have the you gonna get a beating hand gesture and first and famous one it means for us moroccans a bit a tiny thing love your way of explaining I've learn so much about Italian language in your channel.all roads leads to roma

[judithsantiago]

Thank you for sharing. I love it.
Now I can use them and know what they mean.👍

[duniamaya]

Thank You Luca and Marina, Finally i know the gestures that often were shown by footballer like Barella, Nic Barella