What does spiritoso in Italian mean?
What is the meaning of the word spiritoso in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use spiritoso in Italian.
The word spiritoso in Italian means witty, funny, humorous, smart-aleck, smart-alecky, smart aleck, wise guy, smarty-pants, the clown, the funny one. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word spiritoso
witty, funny, humorousaggettivo (scherzoso, umoristico) (adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.") Le sue battute sono spiritose ma mai offensive o volgari. His jokes are always funny and never dirty or offensive. |
smart-aleck, smart-aleckyaggettivo (ironico (di un umorismo inopportuno) (US) (adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.") Luca fa sempre lo spiritoso con la professoressa di matematica, ma prima o poi lei lo farà sospendere. Luca is always a smart-aleck with the maths teacher, but sooner or later she'll get him suspended. |
smart aleck, wise guy, smarty-pants(ironico (chi fa battute inopportune) (US) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Fai sempre lo spiritoso, ma dovresti pensarci bene prima di parlare! You are always acting like a wise-guy (or: smart aleck), but you should think before you speak! |
the clown, the funny onesostantivo maschile (peggiorativo (chi scherza quando non si dovrebbe) Con tutti noi affranti dopo il lutto di nostro padre, lo spiritoso ha proposto di andare a fare un picnic. With all of us overcome by our father's death, the clown proposed we go for a picnic. |
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