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ciao
bye (informal) /ˈt͡ʃa.o/
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Also: hi, see you
Example sentences
Ciao, Maria!
Bye, Maria!
Ciao, trebuie să plec acum.
Bye, I have to go now.
Ne-am zis ciao la telefon și am închis.
We said bye on the phone and hung up.
Copiii au fluturat din mână și au strigat ciao pe fereastra mașinii.
The children waved and shouted bye out the car window.
Deși discuția fusese tensionată, s-au despărțit cu un ciao rece și formal.
Although the discussion had been tense, they parted with a cold, formal bye.
Îi displăcea acel ciao aruncat în grabă, de parcă prietenia lor nu ar fi meritat mai mult de o silabă.
She disliked that hastily tossed-off bye, as if their friendship hadn't deserved more than one syllable.
Word family
ciauinformal texting spelling of ciao
ciao ciaoplayful doubled form used when parting
salutnative Romanian informal greeting, hi or byepashort informal Romanian word for byeEtymology
Romanian borrowed "ciao" directly from Italian, where it started as a Venetian greeting. The Italian word traces to the phrase "s-ciào vostro," meaning "your servant," derived from Medieval Latin "sclavus" (slave, servant). The greeting spread across Europe in the 20th century through Italian popular culture, and Romanian picked it up as an informal way to say hi or bye among friends.
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