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writes:I text a male acquaintance and signed off 'ciao for now'. He questioned me on ciao and told me I had spelt it wrong (ciou is what I said). He then replied with 'so I will say Ciao Bella'. Men who would you say this to and women would you see it as a friendly or flirty sign off.
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reader, anonymous, writes (5 July 2019): Thank you all and realise I sound a bit silly asking about it now.
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reader, CindyCares  +, writes (4 July 2019):
 Don't read too much into this- probably your friend was just showing off his Italian :)
In Italian , " Ciao bella " literally would mean " Hallo , beautiful " or " Hallo , handsome " but is never used literally. It does have a hint of carefree , light- hearted flirting, more like " hi cutie " . Or, like in UK ( …. In London for sure, at least ), you know, when you go buy candies or sodas or whatever and the cashier will tell you " That will be 3 pounds 50 , my love " ?.... I have been called
" love " by countless English cashiers, cabdrivers, waiters, etc. but I never thought they seriously meant they loved me . ( Then again, who knows, maybe some of them did, and I've lost the chance of my life , LOL )- So, I would not overthink this Ciao bella , in lack of way more evident signals .
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reader, anonymous, writes (4 July 2019): If he asks to take you out for dinner or a date. That's something more tangible and meaningful.
Don't waste your time reading between the lines. Like Honeypie says, his response doesn't have to have any particular significance.
"Ciao" is used in Italian and Portuguese. "Ciao Bella" in Italian could have a flirtatious implication; but if neither of you are Italian, I think he was just using the properly spelled word in a common phrase. It's somewhat corny, sort of glib; but don't jump to any conclusions.
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reader, Honeypie  +, writes (3 July 2019):
 eh, no it doesn't HAVE to have much significance other than him trying to sound VERY "Italian".
People text all kind of stuff, you shouldn't focus on little things and presume it means something more than just words. It will just drive you nuts.
If you are both single, and you are interested... why not suggest going for coffee or a drink?
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