I noticed that Italians call touching the ball with hands in football : “Mani”. But others call it ens.Why?

citizen high asked:


Is it ENS ? Any Italian here ? What’s that mean ?
“inesmon” , wow .I guess you got it !!
But , let’s wait .

Chlo

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7 Responses to “I noticed that Italians call touching the ball with hands in football : “Mani”. But others call it ens.Why?”

  1. David Says:

    Owen

    Mani means HANDS in Italian

  2. Charles Says:

    Ashley

    Mani means hands in Italian. Mano means hand. So a hand touch is refered to as mani or mano.
    I’m not sure what ens refers to.

  3. Cooper Says:

    Ayden

    Whoa! I have a completely different term for that!

  4. Cameron Says:

    Zachary

    I suppose ENS is a deformed “HANDS” which is the same as “MANI”

  5. Jonathan Says:

    Caleb

    it is called “masturbazione”

  6. Chlo Says:

    Jonathan

    mani means hands because of the “i” at the end makes it plural. mano is simply singular.

  7. Cole Says:

    Kevin

    Yes, I agree with inesmon.
    As football came from England often English words were used – at least here in Austria. Germans tend to use the German words but here the English expressions are widely used like foul, corner, out, goalkeeper (goalie). In the sixties and seventees sports reporters (especially older ones) also said offside and penalty. Pronounciation was often not really English.
    So I think ‘ans is really hands – pronounciation of words from a foreign language which you don’t speak can be tricky.

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