beat it! get lost!
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Buondi',
Suggerisco
"vattene"
Suggerisco
"vattene"
Gianni2 said:
Vattene! works well, unless you want to get vulgar........
Sorry, queentr48. We must have seen this at the same time.
Marco
They all have the same meaning: "levati dai piedi" or "levati dalle palle" which is a bit ruder.
I was trying for a less vernacular expression, but "levati dai piedi" is OK, or "va a fa...un brodo"
Fila!
Fila via!
Tela! (slang
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Fila via!
Tela! (slang
)queentr48 said:
Thanks a lot.
Good one!Paulfromitaly said:
I hope I never need to use it.queentr48 said:
Oh, I like those, too.Elisa68 said:
There's no misunderstanding one's feeling with those expressions, I bet.danalto said:Fila!
Fila via!
Tela! (slang
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
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
TimLA said:
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
Sonnie said:
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
smamma, sgomma, levati dai piedi you could have thousands of them. Italian is just too colourful a language
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 ....
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 ....
I realize that there is another classic one: Sciò!
You can also say "Cammina!" loosely translated as, "Take a walk!" or, "Get outa here!"
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).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.
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Whoops
I mean that is not the reflexive verb "levarsi" [wake-up, get-up] but "levare" [remove, subtract, eradicate] in reflexive conjugation
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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]Other suggestions:
sgombra/sloggia/pedala via/pussa via.
sgombra/sloggia/pedala via/pussa via.
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)
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...
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...
"Sciò!"...
Pensavo che fosse una cosa regionale...invece si usa dappertutto?
Pensavo che venisse dal modo che mio nonno usava per cacciare le galline...
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?
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?
"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!!!..