69: What does "casino" mean in Italian? (it might not be what you think)

Published: Sept. 8, 2019, 11 a.m.

What does casino mean in Italian? It's a fun slang word that Italians use all the time. And the meaning is quite different compared to in English!

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Today's Italian words
\nll governo ci costa un sacco di soldi. E fa sempre casini. =\xa0The government costs us loads of money. And they're always making a mess.

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il governo = the government

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ci = us

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costa = costs

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un sacco di = loads of

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soldi = money

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e = and

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fa = makes

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sempre = always

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casini = messes

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ho fatto un casino = I made a mess

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non fare casini = don't make a mess

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che casino = what a mess

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fare casino/casini = make a mess

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casin\xf2

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un sacco di = loads of

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un sacco di soldi = loads of money

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un sacco di rumore = loads of noise

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un sacco di cose = loads of things