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Italians are not known for understatement. They tend to describe everything as either unbelievably good or disastrously bad.

You don't say!

(* = familiar, ** = very familiar, *** = vulgar, R = plain rude, Lit. = Literally)

Very good

Mega/Super (**) Before anything you want to describe as great, eg. superbello.

Che figata! (**) Cool!

脠 una favola! (**) It's a fairy tale.

Beato/a te! Lucky you! So lucky it's as if you've been beatified.

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Very bad

Che cazzata! Che menata! (***) What crap!

Disastro megagalattico! (**) It's a mega-galactic disaster! I know, I know, a bit of an exaggeration but it can happen...

Che casino! (***) Lit. What a brothel! What a mess!

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You don't say!

Ma vah?! Ma dai! (*) Get away!

Pazzesco! (*) Crazy!

Incredibile! Incredible!

Madonna! (**) Wow!

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