Today’s Parola del giorno is the adjective sgamato, which means streetwise or street-smart.
Giovanni ha capito subito che tentavano di imbrogliarlo con il resto—è troppo sgamato per cascarci!
Giovanni understood immediately they were trying to shortchange him—he’s too street-smart to fall for it!
Nota bene:
The verb (expression) cascarci (come una pera cotta