Contrattare il posto a sedere durante un viaggio

What does “affare fatto” mean in Italian?

Affare fatto is the Italian phrase used to close a deal, like English “it’s a deal” or “done.” Translated literally as “affair done,” it lands at the end of a haggle, often with a handshake, sometimes with a clap on the shoulder. Italians use it across markets, garages, and informal contracts.

This clip is a haggling scene where one passenger negotiates with another for a window seat. They start at twenty euros, climb to fifty, then stretch to eighty for the whole trip. The closing line is affare fatto, the Italian seal on a small spoken contract. The phrase belongs to a spoken-Italian tradition where price agreements often get sealed with a small ritual rather than a piece of paper.