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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

va bene

Pronunciation / Transliteration: va be-ne

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Okay/oʊˈkeɪ/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Va bene, facciamo così."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As interjection
  1. 1

    Used to express assent, agreement, or understanding.

    "Okay, let's meet at the station tomorrow morning."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Satisfactory or acceptable in quality or performance.

    "The movie was only okay, not nearly as good as I expected."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Originating in the United States in the 1830s, 'okay' is widely believed to be an abbreviation of the humorous misspelling 'oll korrect', meaning 'all correct', which was popular in Boston journalistic slang at the time. It gained massive global traction through telegraphy and international commerce, evolving into one of the most widely understood human utterances across the globe.

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