Trivia :negli Stati uniti hanno delle figure specifiche per menzionare un americano medio, di ceto basso o medio, come https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Joe+Sixpack o https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_the_Plumber come la nostra https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casalinga_di_Voghera

"The average Italian" "The ordinary Italian" Depending on the context, the article might be "an". If you post the whole sentence, I'll check again.

The direct translation is 'average Italian', but in the United States you would use the phrase 'average Joe', in Britain and commonwealth countries 'the man in the street'