[{"role": "user", "content": "I'm trying to learn Italian and I'm stuck on the sentence \"Tom was crazy.\" Can you help me translate it?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Certo! The translation of 'Tom was crazy' in Italian is 'Tom era pazzo'."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Grazie mille! What does 'era' mean in this context?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "In this context, 'era' is the third person singular form of the verb 'essere', which is the equivalent of 'to be' in English. It's used to describe a state of being in the past, so in this case, 'era' means 'was'."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That makes sense. And what about 'pazzo'? Is that a common word in Italian?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "'Pazzo' is indeed a common word in Italian, and it means 'crazy' or'mad'. However, it can also have a stronger connotation depending on the context. If you want to use a more neutral term, you could use 'folle' or'matto', but 'pazzo' is generally understood and widely used."}]