[{"role": "user", "content": "I'd like to learn how to express a lighthearted apology in Italian, so could you please translate 'I was only joking' for me?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The translation of 'I was only joking' in Italian is 'Stavo soltanto scherzando.' This phrase is often used to convey that something was meant as a joke and to apologize if someone was offended or took it seriously."}]