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University of Washington Honors Program in Rome


Just a Trim
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These phrases comes in handy when getting a haircut. Often difficult to explain exactly how you want your hair cut, especially in another language, these couple of phrases should help communication with the barber.

 
   
  Italian
 


Solo una spuntatina, per favore.

Mi accorci un po' i capelli, per favore.

Per favore, me li contoni un po' in alto.

Molto bene!

 
   
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Just trim it, please.

Please cut my hair a little shorter.

Please tease it a little on the top.

Very nice!

 
   
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When I first arrived to Italy, I badly needed a haircut, and found a local barbershop which looked adequate. After minutes of gesturing, measuring with fingers, and laughing...the hair cutter just shaved my head. That was fine with me since it was so hot...but to prevent unwanted buzzes these few phrases might be helpful.