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Italian


Question Posted Tuesday April 10 2007, 4:18 pm

I was just looking through an Italian dictionary and noticed Ciao means hello.

Does anyone know why non-italian people say Ciao when they're saying goodbye if it means hello?


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ANG answered Tuesday April 10 2007, 6:15 pm:
it means both hello and goodbye. they say that because they think of it as you not leaving, they always want you to come back. thats what my w geo teacher told me. and PAHAHA, to the girl who called you a dumbass. what a butthead. :p

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Teza answered Tuesday April 10 2007, 5:47 pm:
In my language [ Croatian ] we say cao for hello & goodbye. We mostly use it for saying goodbye. It means the same thing in few other languages.

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orphans answered Tuesday April 10 2007, 5:17 pm:
ciao can mean hello and bye (like aloha) and non-italian ppl probably say it becuase they want to say something different instead of saying bye all the time.

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whoaxbabe answered Tuesday April 10 2007, 5:10 pm:
Ciao can mean hello or goodbye in Italian :]

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