Avellare

Avellare

To stink.

Example: ‘Apri le finestre e s’avella qui dentro!’(‘Open the windows! It stinks in here!’)

Stiantare

Florentine pronunciation of ‘schiantare’; to break violently or to die.

Example: ‘Un tù lo vedi che lè pe’ stiantare dalla fatica?’(‘Can’t you see he’s about to die from exhaustion?’)

Meglio ave’ paura che toccanne

Literally, ‘Better to be scared than to be beaten up’. In English, the saying is ‘Better safe than sorry.’