What is 'That's crazy' when translated from English to Italian?

Answer 1

Ma èpazzesco! is one Italian equivalent of the English phrase "That's crazy!"

Specifically, the conjunction ma -- which does not occur in the English but may do so in the Italian so as to soften what otherwise may be taken as an insult -- is "but." The present indicative verb è means "(he/it/one/she) is" or "(formal singular you) are" according to context. The masculine adjective pazzesco translates as "crazy, kind of crazy, sort of crazy" from the combination of the masculine adjective pazzo ("crazy") with the diminutive ending -esco ("dear, little, small, sweet").

The pronunciation will be "ma eh pat-TSEY-sko" in Italian.