Magnifico .. When/Where To Use?

Hi,

It's actually a Spanish word, meaning 'splendid, wonderful'.

A: I got a great new job yesterday.

B: Magnifico!

It's very informal, not something that is said everyday.

Clive

Clive
It's actually a Spanish word, meaning 'splendid, wonderful'.

It's an Italian word as well and it means the same.

The Graduate
(It means someone important .. I don't know whether there are more meanings)

That's curious because actually in Italian this could be referred only to one important

Hi,

I was wondering if it could be used in the same way also in English.

Yes, but relatively rarely. And really, when an English person says it, they are using a foreign word.

Clive

Thanks Guys So Much For Your Help

Apart from the exclamatory adjectival use, "magnifico" can mean specifically a Venetian nobleman or magnate. You would be most likely to find it in a historical context (e.g. a study of Renaissance Venice); the word has never become naturalised.

Volpone in Jonson's play of the same name (1606) is described as a Magnifico.

MrP

We would more likely refer to an important person with the Japanese word: Honcho.

Or you could use the spanish El Jefe.