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che palle

phrase, interjectionVulgar

A Italian slang term. Browse all Italian slang.

What it means

  1. What a drag; how boring. An extremely common complaint about tedium rather than about anything genuinely bad.

Literally: What balls.

Examples with translations

  • Un'altra riunione? Che palle.

    Another meeting? What a drag.

  • Che palle questa pioggia.

    This rain is so tedious.

Where it comes from

Anatomically vulgar in origin but heavily bleached — heard constantly, including from people who would not otherwise swear. Rompere le palle, 'to be a pain', comes from the same root.