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/əˌɹiːvəˈdɛətʃi/ · interjection
(in the context of Italy or Italian culture) farewell, goodbye, see you later (non-definitive farewell).
We said our arrivedercis to the people in the town the night before, as we made our rounds to about eight or ten homes and said goodbye to about thirty or forty “cousins.”
Use arrivederci when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Arrivederci means (in the context of Italy or Italian culture) farewell, goodbye, see you later (non-definitive farewell).
Common synonyms include goodbye, adieu, bye, cheerio.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
We said our arrivedercis to the people in the town the night before, as we made our rounds to about eight or ten homes and said goodbye to about thirty or forty “cousins.”
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