dai
DYEinterjectionColloquial
An Italian slang term. Browse all Italian slang.
What it means
Come on. Encouragement, impatience or disbelief, depending entirely on intonation.
Ma dai! — 'you're kidding!' Expressing surprise.
As a softener at the end of a sentence: andiamo, dai.
Literally: Give (imperative).
Examples with translations
Dai, che ce la fai!
Come on, you can do it!
Ma dai, non ci credo.
No way, I don't believe it.
Dai, andiamo, è tardi.
Come on, let's go, it's late.