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On meeting people   

CIAO: this is the most typical of all  friendly forms of greeting, used both on meeting and on leaving someone you are familiar with (friends, relatives, colleagues).

SALVE is used by people who share a common environment.

On leaving people

CIAO: this is a friendly form which derives from the old Venetian language meaning “your slave”.

ARRIVEDERCI = goodbye.

A PRESTO / A TRA POCO / A DOMANI : these forms are used with people you will meet again in a short time.

CI VEDIAMO is quite vague and informal in tone, and implies the possibility that the people will meet again, sooner or later. 

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