ItalianSquilloTo call someone on the phone long enough for it to ring so they know it's you, then hanging up.
Ti darò uno squillo quando sono pronto = I'll give you a squillo when I'm ready. It's a great way to quickly let someone know of whatever has been previously decided on.
2 thoughts on “Italian : Squillo”
Squillo is the name for the sound a phone makes (or better yet, used to do when rotary phones existed).
Never heard it used in the sense described here (I am Italian an over 50 yo, btw)
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Squillo is the name for the sound a phone makes (or better yet, used to do when rotary phones existed).
Never heard it used in the sense described here (I am Italian an over 50 yo, btw)
“Toque” in Portuguese