Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
if he meant it
Italian translation:
se lo pensava sul serio/parlava seriamente
English term
Italy
Travelling into words
Native in: Italian 
Works in: English to Italian, Spanish to Italian, Italian to English, and 1 more.
if he meant it
Si incontrano ad una festa e si studiano. Scoprono di aver visto lo stesso film su una donna matura e un uomo più giovane.
“You often go to the movies?”
“No. But I like French movies. And I liked that it was about older woman and younger guy.” He drained his glass and set it down, adding: “You’re not twenty.”
I repressed a smile at his bluntness. This was going to be fun. Certainly a lot more than with Jack, who kept breaking off our dates. “No. You’re right. And you, how old are you?”
“Thirty.” He shot me another naked look. “I like older women.”
“Why?”
“Because they are deeper, more interesting.”
I couldn’t tell whether it was a line or *if he meant it*. Both maybe. It was obvious I was older than him, although he may not have known by how much because people usually thought I was younger than my age, fifty-two. But he wanted to make sure I knew that he knew.
Sono indecisa...tra "parlare seriamente" e "fare un complimento"
Grazie mille a chi vorrà risolvere i miei dubbi
Buon lavoro a tutti
| 4 +15 | se lo pensava sul serio/parlava seriamente |
Francesca Siotto
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| 3 +4 | se era sincero |
Giunia Totaro
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| 4 +2 | parlava sul serio |
BdiL
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| 4 +1 | se ci credeva davvero |
Erika Di Dio
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Feb 15, 2012 12:26: Francesco Badolato changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Feb 16, 2012 09:16: Francesca Siotto changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1052143">Ester Maria Formichella's</a> old entry - "if he meant it"" to ""se lo pensava sul serio/parlava seriamente""
Non-PRO (3): Françoise Vogel, Daniela Zambrini, Francesco Badolato
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Proposed translations
Italy
Painstaking research and creativity
Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian, Spanish to Italian, and 1 more.
se lo pensava sul serio/parlava seriamente
Love for details - Law & Literature
Native in: Italian
Works in: French to Italian, English to Italian, Latin to Italian, and 3 more.
se era sincero
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Françoise Vogel
: tanto per puntualizzare
2 hrs
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Grazie, Françoise, e buon pomeriggio.
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Fiorsam
4 hrs
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Grazie, e buon pomeriggio anche a te, Fior.
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Fabrizio Zambuto
: chissà se era sincero....
6 hrs
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Mmh, secondo me sì (poi quando finisce ce lo facciamo dire)
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zerlina
6 hrs
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'Sera Zerlina! Grazie
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Graduated in Translation studies
Native in: Italian 
Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English, Spanish to Italian, and 3 more.
parlava sul serio
Poi ho scritto
MAu
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Note added at 7 hrs (2012-02-15 16:30:35 GMT)
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... del resto c'è l'antitesi con "if it was a line" (se fosse una battuta). Questa tra l'altro si potrebbe intendere come pickup line, cioè battuta "furbetta", per cui...
Up to you, shrew!
MAu
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Giunia Totaro
: Scusa ma tu ti meriti un agree anche solo per la formulazione della risposta (ma non solo per quello)
5 mins
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Scusa tu se ti ringrazio solo ora e sono rosso per il complimento! :-)* Maurizio
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Chiara-Firenze
: concordo!
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Grazie di cuore anche a te Chiara! Approfitto per aggiungere che forse non si è considerato che capita che a un giovanotto piaccia e desideri una signora più vecchia, ma la mia risposta lo sottintendeva. Non c'è niente di strano ma la signora dubita. Mau
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