scialla
interjection, adjectiveInformalRome
A Italian slang term. Browse all Italian slang.
What it means
Relax; take it easy; no worries. Youth slang, Roman in origin and now broadly understood.
Examples with translations
Scialla, arriviamo in tempo.
Relax, we'll get there on time.
Stai scialla, ci penso io.
Take it easy, I'll handle it.
Where it comes from
Probably from Arabic inshallah, by way of a general Mediterranean fatalism. The derivation is plausible and not firmly established.