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cioè

choh-EHinterjection, adverbColloquial

A Italian slang term. Browse all Italian slang.

What it means

  1. I mean; like. Nominally a clarifier, in practice one of the most common fillers in spoken Italian, particularly among younger speakers.

Literally: That is to say.

Examples with translations

  • Cioè, non è che non voglia, è che non posso.

    I mean, it's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't.

  • Era, cioè, veramente strano.

    It was, like, really strange.