Cancel, call off, back out, retract: there’s one Italian word that combines all these meanings in one. Disdire literally translates as ‘to unsay’, but it more so describes the act of putting an end to something (to ‘unsay’ something, you might use other Italian verbs like ritrattare or rimangiare). Don't miss any of our Italian words and expressions of the day by downloading our new app (available on Apple and Android) and then selecting the Italian Word of the Day in your Notification options via the User button.