Usage examples of "barzelletta" in Italian with translation to English

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Lei gli raccontò una barzelletta. She told him a joke.
Ha cominciato con una barzelletta. He began with a joke.
Che cos'è una barzelletta? What's a joke?
Gli ha raccontato una barzelletta. She told him a joke.
Lui racconta una buona barzelletta. He tells a good joke.
Non ha capito la barzelletta. He didn't get the joke.
Non ho capito la sua barzelletta. I didn't get his joke.
Lei gli ha raccontato una barzelletta. She told him a joke.
Non ho colto la sua barzelletta. I didn't get his joke.
Tom raccontò a Mary una barzelletta razzista. Tom told Mary a racist joke.
Tom ha raccontato a Mary una barzelletta razzista. Tom told Mary a racist joke.
Può esserci un computer abbastanza intelligente da raccontare una barzelletta? Can there be a computer intelligent enough to tell a joke?
Mio zio mi raccontò la storia sotto forma di barzelletta. My uncle told me the story by way of a joke.
Abbiamo pensato che la sua minaccia fosse solo una barzelletta. We thought his threat was only a joke.
Mio zio mi ha raccontato la storia sotto forma di barzelletta. My uncle told me the story by way of a joke.
Ci può essere un computer abbastanza intelligente da raccontare una barzelletta? Can there be a computer intelligent enough to tell a joke?
Un francese, per esempio, potrebbe trovare difficile ridere per una barzelletta russa. A Frenchman, for instance, might find it hard to laugh at a Russian joke.
Leggo barzellette quasi ogni giorno. I read jokes almost every day.
Io leggo barzellette quasi ogni giorno. I read jokes almost every day.
Toby non sa raccontare le barzellette. Toby can't tell jokes.
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