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what's cooking (greeting)
interjection

cosa sta succendendo?interjection

what's cooking (request for an explanation)
interjection

cosa sta succedendo?interjection

what's-his-name (A person or entity whose name one does not remember)
pronoun
[UK: ˈwɒts hɪz ˈneɪm]
[US: ˈhwʌts ˈhɪz ˈneɪm]

Cosopronoun
{m}

what's new (informal greeting asking what has happened recently)
phrase

novita?phrase

what's on your mind (what is bothering you?)
phrase

che cosa hai in mente?phrase

what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander (if something is acceptable for one person, it is acceptable for another)
phrase
[UK: ˈwɒts sɔːs fɔː(r) ðə ɡuːs ɪz sɔːs fɔː(r) ðə ˈɡæn.də(r)]
[US: ˈhwʌts ˈsɒs ˈfɔːr ðə ˈɡuːs ˈɪz ˈsɒs ˈfɔːr ðə ˈɡæn.dər]

quel che vale per l’uno vale anche per l’altrophrase

what's up (How are you?)
phrase
[UK: ˈwɒts ʌp]
[US: ˈhwʌts ʌp]

come buttaphrase

what's up (What’s the matter? What is the problem? What is wrong?)
phrase
[UK: ˈwɒts ʌp]
[US: ˈhwʌts ʌp]

che c'èphrase

what's your phone number (what's your phone number?)
phrase

Qual è il suo numero di telefono?phrase

Qual è il tuo numero di telefono?phrase

whataboutism (propaganda technique)
noun

benaltrismonoun
{m}

whatchamacallit (any object the actual name of which the speaker does not know or cannot remember)
noun
[UK: wˈɒttʃəmˌakəlˌɪt]
[US: wˈʌttʃəmˌækəlˌɪt]

cosonoun
{m}

vattelapescanoun
{f}

whatever (indicating the speaker does not care what someone says)
interjection
[UK: wɒt.ˈev.ə(r)]
[US: hwʌt.ˈev.r̩]

vabbèinterjectionAh, whatever. = Ah, vabbè.

whatever (regardless of the … that; for any … that)
determiner
[UK: wɒt.ˈev.ə(r)]
[US: hwʌt.ˈev.r̩]

checchédeterminer

come vuoideterminer

qualsiasideterminerDo whatever you want to do. = Fai qualsiasi cosa vuoi fare.

qualsivogliadeterminer

qualunquedeterminerWhatever she says is true. = Qualunque cosa dica è vera.

whatever determiner
[UK: wɒt.ˈev.ə(r)]
[US: hwʌt.ˈev.r̩]

qualsiasi cosadeterminer

whatever it takes (anything required to achieve an objective)
noun

ad ogni costonoun

whatsoever (in any way)
adverb
[UK: ˌwɒt.səʊ.ˈev.ə(r)]
[US: ˌhwʌt.soʊ.ˈev.ər̩]

qualsivogliaadverb

come what may (idiomatic)
adverb
[UK: kʌm ˈwɒt meɪ]
[US: ˈkəm ˈhwʌt ˈmeɪ]

succeda quel che succedaadverb

for what it's worth (considering what limited worth this advice may have)
preposition

Considerando quanto poco possa valere questo consigliopreposition

I know you are but what am I (assertion that an insult made by the party to whom the phrase is directed is actually true of that party)
phrase

il bue che dice cornuto all'asinophrase

if you know what I mean (used to allude to something unsaid or hinted at)
phrase
[UK: ɪf juː nəʊ ˈwɒt ˈaɪ miːn]
[US: ˈɪf ˈjuː ˈnoʊ ˈhwʌt ˈaɪ ˈmiːn]

se capisci cosa intendophrase

it is what it is (this thing has its own nature)
phrase

vada come vadaphrase

it's not what you know but who you know phrase

non è importante cosa conosci ma chi conosciphrase

no matter what (under any circumstances, whatever happens)
phrase

caschi il mondophrase

succeda quel che succedaphrase

no matter what (whatever)
phrase

non importaphrase

reap what one sows (to receive as a return or reward in the same measure as one’s exertions or intentions)
verb

si raccoglie ciò che si seminaverb

so what (reply of indifference)
interjection

e allora?interjection

e quindi?interjection

you-know-what (known and unmentioned thing)
pronoun
[UK: jʊ.ˈnəʊ.wɒt]
[US: jʊ.ˈnəʊ.wɒt]

lei-sa-cosapronoun

tu-sai-cosapronoun

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