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I'm writing a project whose name nicely acronyms to "ecci". Google translate says "ecci" is Italian for "energized", but there's no example available. Additionally, I've found eccì means achoo :)

Is the translation correct and appropriate? Does this word work out of context, i. e. as a standalone term? Can someone give a couple of usage examples if its correct?

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  • That's not an Italian word. Can you provide the context where you found it?
    – Angelo Alvisi
    Commented Feb 2, 2015 at 13:10
  • @AngeloAlvisi: I seem to understand that the OP never actually found this word anywhere: he came up with it as an acronym, and then looked it up in Google Translate to see if it meant something in some language.
    – DaG
    Commented Feb 2, 2015 at 13:47
  • Wops, I read it from my phone. My bad, I missed that.
    – Angelo Alvisi
    Commented Feb 2, 2015 at 13:57
  • I agree with @laika that google translate is wrong, so therefore sneeze would be the correct translation of ecci.
    – Tia27
    Commented Feb 5, 2015 at 3:18

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Google Translate is wrong in this case, probably is associating "ecci" to "eccitato", which means "excited" or "energized".

"Eccì" can be recognized as a sneeze onomatopea, but I think "etciù" is more common.

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    L'uso onomatopeico è riportato dal vocabolario Treccani.
    – Charo ♦
    Commented Feb 2, 2015 at 14:31
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    @IgorR: You can find here an example of this onomatopeic use: un fragoroso eccì, which means a thunderous sneeze.
    – Charo ♦
    Commented Feb 2, 2015 at 15:06

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