Slang Americano vs Slang British

The British and the Americans parlano la stessa lingua, ma con molte differenze lessicali, grammaticali e in termini di varietà di slang.

Scarica l’infografica “British vs American English”

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Ma attenzione: qualsiasi slang di qualsiasi lingua dev’essere padroneggiato con cura, per non rischiare un approccio troppo informale in contesti che non lo richiedono o per evitare di (s)cadere addirittura nel ridicolo. Di seguito, alcune espressioni tipiche in American & British English:

🇬🇧 Lo slang British 🇬🇧

	SIGNIFICATO	ESEMPIO
CHUFFED	molto contento	I’m dead chuffed* to have won*
GUTTED	turbato, deluso	I know how gutted* the players must feel*
UNI	università	My daughter is in her second year at uni
TAKE THE PISS / TAKE THE MICKEY	prendere in giro	Are you taking the piss?
DODGY	rischioso, disonesto	That person looks dodgy
KNACKERED	stanco, esausto	She is always knackered* by Friday*
SCRUMMY	delizioso	Wow, this cake is so scrummy
BLOKE	uomo	Did you see that bloke* over there? He is a famous dancer.*
BOG	bagno	I need a bog
BUDGE UP	stringersi per fare spazio	Come on, we will budge up* and there’ll be a space for you too!*
CHEESED OFF	irritato	I am so cheesed off* with her behaviour.* It’s just out of order
CHOCK-A-BLOCK	pieno di gente	The store was so chock-a-block, people everywhere!
DOSH	soldi	Have you got any dosh* with you?*
KIP	sonnellino	I need to take a kip, I am so knackered.
STUFFED	sazio	No dessert for me please, I am so stuffed!
LEGLESS	ubriaco	I believe he got a bit too much wine, he’s legless.
PLASTERED	molto ubriaco	Actually, he is completely plastered!
QUID	una sterlina	Have you got a quid?
SKINT	essere al verde	I am sorry, I am skint, I can’t come out tonight.
THE DOG’S DINNER	fare un casino	They made a real dog’s dinner of that job.
BLIMEY/CRIKEY	accidenti!	*Blimey*, you have lost so much weight!
SMASHING	favoloso, formidabile	I had a smashing* time on holiday, it was so much fun!*
TO FAFF	sprecare tempo	Stop faffing around, we’re going to be late!
KNICKED	rubato	I got my handbag knicked the other day

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🇺🇸 Lo slang Americano 🇺🇸

	SIGNIFICATO	ESEMPIO
COOL	fantastico	Are you coming to the party? Cool, that’s awesome!
AWESOME	‘ccezionale, grandioso	Are you coming to the party? Cool, that’s awesome!
TO HANG OUT	passare il tempo	Why don’t you come home and hang out* for a while?*
TO CHILL (OUT)	rilassarsi	What did you do at the weekend? Nothing. I just chilled out.
AMPED	non vedere l’ora	I can’t wait to see Beyonce live. Me too! I am amped
TO HAVE A BLAST	spassarsela	At Beyonce’s concert we had a blast
TO HAVE A CRASH (ON SOMEBODY)	prendersi una cotta	My friend has a crash on* Jim, but he doesn’t like her.*
TO DUMP (ON SOMEBODY)	terminare una relazione	Alex dumped* her last night*
GEEK	nerd, imbranato, asociale	Tim was the smartest geek* in the IT department/Peter was a geek at school and didn’t have a lot of friends*
HOOKED (ON SOMETHING)	dipendente	One cigarette and he was hooked
IN (AGGETTIVO)	di tendenza	I understand this kind of music is really in at the moment but I just dislike it!
EPIC FAIL	un grande fallimento	My exam was an epic fail, I must retake it next year!
LOSER	idiota	Simon is such a loser* for leaving his office job.*
TO RIP OFF	truffare	The taxi charged us €60 for a 5 km trip, we were so ripped off!
ON FLEEK	bello	My hair is on fleek