Does ‘soto-colonello’ means tenente colonello? I think in the context, ‘soto-colonello’ means tenente colonello, right? I just need confirmation. Thanks. It’s from A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway. the context: "Look," said the captain. He spread the hand again. Again the candle-light made its shadows on the wall. He started with the upright thumb and named in their order the thumb and four fingers, "soto-tenente (the thumb), tenente (first finger), capitano (next finger), maggiore (next to the little finger), and tenentecolonello (the little finger). You go away soto-tenente! You come back soto-colonello!" They all laughed. The captain was having a great success with finger games.