beat it! get lost!

[Gianni2]

What one expression fits any of the above?

 

[queentr48]

Buondi',
Suggerisco
"vattene"

 

[Marcone]

What one expression fits any of the above?

Vattene! works well, unless you want to get vulgar........

Sorry, queentr48. We must have seen this at the same time.

Marco

 

[Paulfromitaly]

They all have the same meaning: "levati dai piedi" or "levati dalle palle" which is a bit ruder.

 

[queentr48]

I was trying for a less vernacular expression, but "levati dai piedi" is OK, or "va a fa...un brodo"

 

[Elisa68]

Anche:
Aria!
Fatti un giro!

 

[Sonnie]

My contribution :
"levati di torno"
"sparisci"

 

[danalto]

Fila!
Fila via!
Tela! (slang )

 

[Gianni2]

Buondi',
Suggerisco
"vattene"

Thanks a lot.

They all have the same meaning: "levati dai piedi" or "levati dalle palle" which is a bit ruder.

Good one!

I was trying for a less vernacular expression, but "levati dai piedi" is OK, or "va a fa...un brodo"

I hope I never need to use it.

Anche:
Aria!
Fatti un giro!

Oh, I like those, too.

Fila!
Fila via!
Tela! (slang )

There's no misunderstanding one's feeling with those expressions, I bet.

 

[TimLA]

Good thread. A couple of questions:

When you say "levati", what picture do you get in your mind? One of someone "getting up"-"rising" and moving away - or just moving away from you?

Where does the "aria" come from?

Where does the "fila" come from?

Tim

 

[Sonnie]

Good thread. A couple of questions:

When you say "levati", what picture do you get in your mind? One of someone "getting up"-"rising" and moving away - or just moving away from you?

Where does the "aria" come from?

Where does the "fila" come from?

Tim

Hi tim,
Here's my try:

Levati
reminds me of moving away.I don't think that there is still someone who use it with 'getting-up meaning.It sounds archaic.

Aria comes from the necessity to breathe.You're oppressing me,i can't even breathe,let me breathe.I need breathing,i need AIR,then leave the space around me free.

Fila comes from filare via,which means 'to run away fast'.

Another entry:
'Smamma'

Any of you willing to correct my english is extremely welcomed.

Sonnie

 

[TimLA]

Hi tim,
Levati reminds me of moving away. I don't think that anyone uses it meaning "getting-up" meaning. It sounds archaic.

Aria comes from the necessity to breathe. "You're oppressing (OK, but suffocating would also work) me", "I can't even breathe", "Let me breathe", "I need to breath", "I need AIR", then leave the space around me free. (superb description!)

Fila comes from filare via, which means 'to run away fast'.

Another entry:
'Smamma'

Any of you willing to correct my english are welcomed.

Sonnie

Very little correction needed.
My confusion with levati is the use of "levarsi" and "levare" - or even "sollevare" in the sense of "raising" animals, and "bread rising".

Thanks very much
Tim

 

[Gianni2]

>>Any of you willing to correct my english is extremely welcomed.<<

Your message is perfectly clear, but you might want to say simply, "I welcome any corrections to my English".

 

[Sonnie]

Sorry,i hadn't seen your replies, i'm late (as usual ).
I beg your pardon and I would like to thank you both for correcting my mistakes.I appreciate it.

 

[raffaella]

I just wanted to add "Smamma!" to the list.
I am not sure how widespread it is but it's very common around Milan.

Raffaella

 

[Dushnyoni]

smamma, sgomma, levati dai piedi you could have thousands of them. Italian is just too colourful a language

 

[Erinlad]

I've been looking for this thread! I want something to say to annoying street venders, con men, etc.

While watching an Italian movie (I don't remember the title), what I thought I heard was, "Va te! Va te!" I think now it must have be "vattene". Or did I hear right?

The Context: Women goes to the apartment door of a couple having a loud argument to complain. A man answers the door (he dressed in an under shirt and dragging a female by the hair). He shouts a lengthy insult at the stunned women at the door and ends his tirad with "Va ....

 

[lsp]

That movie scene sounds like "Va..." might well have been followed by something a little more colorful than "...tene!" Depends... was it PG rated ?

 

[Salegrosso]

I realize that there is another classic one: Sciò!

 

[Never Got a Dinner]

You can also say "Cammina!" loosely translated as, "Take a walk!" or, "Get outa here!"

 

[Erinlad]

That movie scene sounds like "Va..." might well have been followed by something a little more colorful than "...tene!" Depends... was it PG rated ?

No, nothing followed. I heard, "VAH TAY! VAH TAY!". There may have been a "NAY" sound at the end, but I didn't hear it.

 

[lsp]

No, nothing followed. I heard, "VAH TAY! VAH TAY!". There may have been a "NAY" sound at the end, but I didn't hear it.

I was kidding (hence the ). You had said it sounded like "va te" so I think it's logical at this point to conclude it was "Vattene!" (at least until you can remember which movie it was).

 

[MarcoMac]

My confusion with levati is the use of "levarsi" and "levare"

Comes from military use.
"Levare le tende": literally disasemble and pack the tents, but it's inavoidable to mean also "the camp is over, let's move".
So in common speak "leviamo le tende" is straight "let's move!".

"Lèvati!" is then "put your wigwam anywhere but here!" - "move!"

"ti" is not reflexive here. Pronoun: leva+ti = move yourself.
[edit]
Whoops
I mean that is not the reflexive verb "levarsi" [wake-up, get-up] but "levare" [remove, subtract, eradicate] in reflexive conjugation
=====================
Also "Levati da..." "get out of my..."
- dai piedi
- dalle scatole ["boxes", a couple of. A substitute for a part of the male human reproductive apparatus]
- "dalle p..." and "dai c..." [THE anathomic part... no substitution, and no spelling, too. Find out on your own ]
WARNING: don't use any of the above unless you're much bigger than the interlocutor...

A polite form is "levati dalla mia vista" [out of my sight]. Yet, not being this one gross nor expletive, is not widely used [literary uses only]

 

[federicoft]

Other suggestions:
sgombra/sloggia/pedala via/pussa via.

 

[Erinlad]

I think I'll use Vattene! (and Smamma in Milano per raffaella's post). Both short and to the point. Vattene! is in my Italian-English dictionary under scram. The dictionary also lists Fila via! (per danalto's post), and escimi di tra i piedi! (not seen on this thread and too long for me). All three listed as colloquial (not listed as vulgar)

 

[Mr_DiMe]

Buongiorno!
Nuovo del forum e prima richiesta...
Mi trovo a dover scrivere qualcosa tipo "trovare un modo per togliermelo/a dalle scatole/dai piedi."
Ho trovato "buzz off" ma temo significhi toglierSI dai piedi, battersela, andarsene.

Mi suona anche bene "get her off my back" ma non so se ci siamo...

Help!


Ehm grazie per lo spostamento...

 

[tericcia]

I realize that there is another classic one: Sciò!

"Sciò!"...
Pensavo che fosse una cosa regionale...invece si usa dappertutto?
Pensavo che venisse dal modo che mio nonno usava per cacciare le galline...

 

[maxim79]

So let me understand
I can use "Beat it" as "get off" to say "levati dalle scatole"..?? If someone is bothering me i can say to him "Don't bother,beat it"..Am i right?
I'm wondering how i can use it as "darsela a gambe,scappare"..By sayin' for example "As i saw him i beated it"..??
Therefore the Micheal Jackson's song means "scappa,dattela a gambe"..Right?

 

[TimLA]

So let me understand
I can use "Beat it" as well as "get off" to say "levati dalle scatole"..?? Yes, see comments below
If someone is bothering me i can say to him "Don't bother me, beat it"..Am i right? Yes
I'm wondering how i can use it as "darsela a gambe,scappare"..
By saying, for example, "When I saw him, I beated it"..??
Therefore the Micheal Jackson's song means "scappa,dattela a gambe"..Right?

"Beat it" is a fairly old form, and MJ used it for rhythm and rhyme.
Yes, as he uses it, it means "Leave!" "Go away" "Get away from here!".

If someone is bothering you, you can say hundreds of things from nice to rude.

Please, leave me alone.
Please, don't bother me.
Don't bother me.
Don't bother me, beat it!

and all the other phrases in this thread.

 

[maxim79]

"Beat it" is a fairly old form, and MJ used it for rhythm and rhyme.
Yes, as he uses it, it means "Leave!" "Go away" "Get away from here!".

If someone is bothering you, you can say hundreds of things from nice to rude.

Please, leave me alone.
Please, don't bother me.
Don't bother me.
Don't bother me, beat it!

and all the other phrases in this thread.

Many thanks!!!..