What's the meaning of "fare schifo" or "fa schifo". Can someone give me some examples so I can get the meaning ?Thank you

Voyager2

 

Couple of examples:

disgusting
il cibo fastfood mi fa schifo

awful
quel film che abbiamo visto ieri faceva schifo

 

fare schifo = to be disgusting/filthy/loathsome/dreadful

la tua stanza fa schifo - your room is disgusting

la nostra azienda fa schifo - our company is dreadful [edited]

 

Well I have a question on the "schifo" issue:
can you translate fa schifo into "it sucks"? is it acceptable or too familiar?

 

As far as I know 'fa schifo' is very analogous to 'it sucks' in English (at least the American version of it). It is very common, but not particularly polite - it is definitely slang that you would not use at a formal cocktail party. You would not offend anyone by saying this, but you would be considered either rude or unsophisticated, depending on the crowd. You can use it as 'this food/dinner/movie/car/road, etc. sucks! It is also applicable to a person - he sucks! - meaning many things, of course.

I hope that this is what you were looking for.

RW

 

I am not sure why you didn't ask this in the original post on the same subject ("Fare schifo"). There you will see other contexts where the meaning is not "it sucks," for example when used to describe an odor.

 

If, let's say a woman is screaming at a man and she says "Fai schifo!" - Does it mean "You make me sick!", is that an ok translation into English, she is really talking loud and fast and I'm not sure what else is being said.

Also, does "È schifo!" make sense, or does it have to be "fa" ?

 

I think è schifoso / è una schifezza are probably more common than è schifo. Fai schifo = you're disgusting. Use the WR search, Alex, there's plenty on fare schifo, che schifo, etc.

 

I see only two threads, and none mention "You make me sick!" in a context that I wanted to know, though I only skimmed through.

 

It can also mean: you suck!

 

Well, that doesn't fit the context, would you say it also meant "You make me sick!" or "You repulse me!" or something to that effect?

 

Well, yes I suppose, if you assume an elision of mi, being the correct translation of "you make me sick" mi fai schifo!

E' uno schifo, means it is a disgusting thing. For example, Italian Deputies earn 10.00€/month ... è uno schifo! (the fact that they earn so much). You wouldn't say "fa schifo", but rather fanno (loro, the deputies) schifo!

 

Does mettere schifo also make sense?

 

Does schifo have a literal meaning?

 

Equal to "fare schifo", even if usually it is not used in this form. But one could ask you "Ti vuoi mettere quello schifo di vestito/scarpe/etc.?" to tell you that he/she don't like that gown/shoes/etc (very colloquial).

The etymon and arcaic significance of "schifo" is "schivo" (En. shy, loath), but nowadays it is used almost only with the sense of what is disgusting, nasty, or in a wide sense, annoying, unpleasant.

There is also a sporting rowing boat called "schifo" or "singolo" (En. skiff).

 

'Mettere schifo' is actually used, along with 'fare schifo', in some varieties of 'regional Italian' (e.g. the one spoke in Liguria). 'Regional Italian' can be defined as a translation of local dialect into standard Italian. In this case, for example, the espression in Ligurian dialect 'mette anguscia' is translated into the Italian 'mettere schifo'.
Etymologically, 'schifo' is associated with an ancient German word meaning 'fear, disgust' -- 'schifo' as a rowing boat has a totally different origin (Greek 'skaphos').

 

I have an ongoing argument with a friend about the expression "far schifo". Perhaps someone out there can help us decide just how vulgar it is? Would anyone use it in polite conversation?

 

"fare schifo" is unsuitable in polite conversation. It is used in informal conversation.

ciao

M.

 

Grazie, Mimosam! Sono assolutamente d'accordo - non è un'espressione carina!

 

Interessante. Suona molto come "mette angoscia"; sai per caso com'è che ha preso il significato di "schifo"?

Non ho ritenuto utili, qui, gli ètimi più antichi ma mi incuriosisce il tuo approfondimento.
Il significato di timore, rispetto (fràncone - Skiuhan) l'ho trovato, ma disgusto no. Mi domando in che momento si siano incrociati.

Tuttavia il termine "schifo" in sé è diffusissimo e nel giusto contesto è stato usato, e lo è tuttora, da persone rispettabilissime. Certo, dire a uno che fa schifo, non è carino.

 

In English we also have a slang term "skeevy", or "a skeev", meaning a person (usually a man) who is disgusting, creepy, loathsome: someone you might be a little afraid of. I think this expression is commonly understood and not technically vulgar, but is *very* colloqial and primarly used only amongst youth.

I wonder if this word derives from the "ancient German" one mentioned above! Hmm...

 

That's totally fascinating, and I never thought about it before, but Webster's agrees that skeevy comes from the Italian schifo: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/skeevy. I expect it came into English with Italian immigration.

I don't know why, but learning about that connection makes me really happy.

More:

http://www.thediscouragingword.com/archives/arc11.shtml

(South Philly being a historically Italian neighborhood.)

 

Ciao!
Direi: "It's revolting"!

Ma non si dice "fa schifo" riferendosi al cibo!

 

Or, It's disgusting!

 

That food was so gross last night!
The food in that restaurant was sick!

 

Ciao,nella precedebte discussione non si discute della differenza tra
'fa schifo' e 'mi fa schifo'.
Nella prima si vuole quasi insinuare una pretesa oggettiva e impersonale e pertanto la traduzione con 'it is disgusting' è perfetta.
Ma per la seconda?
La stessa traduzione non renderebbe la stessa idea e l'emozione che si vuole comunicare.
Si potrebbe sottolineare 'it is disgusting TO ME'?
O forse è preferibile 'it makes me sick'?
O cosa?

 

Direi che ci vuole una frase da tradurre, altrimenti è speculazione pura. Per quanto mi riguarda, ci sono contesti in cui fa schifo e mi fa schifo sono perfettamente intercambiabili.

 

Esempi:
Gli insetti fanno schifo (con pretese di oggettività).

I fagioli mi fanno schifo (si sottolinea il ribrezzo PERSONALE per i fagioli, sottolineando col MI che si è consapevoli che il disgusto può non essere generalmente condiviso).

 

Insects are revolting.
I find insects revolting.

Questo, per esempio, potrebbe essere un modo per veicolare quello che dici. Dipende sempre dalle frasi, comunque, non credo ci sia una formula unica. Come non c'è in italiano, giacché l'esempio che proponi non è poi così esplicativo. Pensa, ad esempio a questa possibilità:

Mamma: Oggi per pranzo ho fatto i fagioli.
Figlio: Mamma, che palle, i fagioli fanno schifo.

Ma sarebbe uguale anche con Mamma, che palle i fagioli mi fanno schifo.

 

Or "beans turn my stomach".

 

Or, somewhere in the register of Mamma, che palle, i fagioli mi fanno schifo:

Beans gross me out!

 

Avevo completamente travisato la richiesta di Guizzo. Chiedo scusa.