69

English translation: 69

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Italian term or phrase:69
English translation:69
Entered by: Tom in London

08:55 Aug 17, 2012
Italian to English translations [PRO]
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Italian term or phrase: 69
Mornin' all.

Can anyone tell me if "69" has the same sexual connotation in Italian as in English? If so, is it in widespread use/everyone would know about it/might raise eyebrows even out of context?

I ask because know a little restaurant in Italy called "Ristorante 69", ostensibly because that's the street number, but I wonder if the owner has named it in all innocence or because he thinks it's a fun (and somehow appropriate) name for a restaurant.
Ford Prefect
Burkina Faso
Local time: 16:19
69
Explanation:
Yes, it has the same meaning.

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Note added at 8 mins (2012-08-17 09:03:09 GMT)
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I don't know about the restaurant but someone once opened a bar in Florence, near where I lived, and trying to be cool, painted the name above the door: "Snatch Bar".
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Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:19
Grading comment
Thanks to everyone for a "stimulating" discussion!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +469
Tom in London
4 -5sessantanove
Cedric Randolph


Discussion entries: 9





  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
69


Explanation:
Yes, it has the same meaning.

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Note added at 8 mins (2012-08-17 09:03:09 GMT)
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I don't know about the restaurant but someone once opened a bar in Florence, near where I lived, and trying to be cool, painted the name above the door: "Snatch Bar".

Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Thanks to everyone for a "stimulating" discussion!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  P.L.F. Persio: it definitely has.
1 hr

agree  Susanna Garcia: yes indeedy
4 hrs

agree  Michael Korovkin: in Viterbo, we have a sportswear store "Bum-Bum Sport" (I asked: they meant a different onomatopoeia: "boom-boom").As for 69, in Italy, too, in normal folks it raises not - or at least not only - the eyebrows.
7 hrs
  -> hilarious ! :)

agree  Claudia Cherici: it definitely would be intended as having a double meaning...
11 hrs
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -5
sessantanove


Explanation:
No, the term is not used in Italy with the same meaning as found in the US, GB, AUS, CAN EN
It has no sexual connotation here

Cedric Randolph
Italy
Local time: 17:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tom in London: I hate to say this, but I use the term in Italy/with Italians, and they use it with me !
8 mins

disagree  bluenoric: that is definitely not true, 69 - in certain contexts, of course! - refers to a very specific sexual practice
10 mins

disagree  Franco Rigoni: 69 vuol dire la stessa cosa in italiano.
55 mins

disagree  Susanna Garcia: Ahem, I have definitely heard it used by Italians (modest blush)
4 hrs

disagree  Michael Korovkin: However, God bless you, Cedric the Innocent !!! At this day and age we need more people like you (and I'm not saying it in jest – at least not entirely).
7 hrs
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