So bad
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It depends on context, tone(jocular?) and who you are talking to. And a literal translation wouldn't do. I'm thinking of a friend who's always teasing everyone - what I would say to him is Sei proprio una peste. Qualcuno dovrebbe darti una lezione.
Carlo
Carlo
Lsplsp said:"Sei cattiva, qualcuno dovrebbe darti una lezione..." Apparently you have interesting plans for the weekend.
Now isn't this more fun than discussing the use of finché
.The way I've heard You're so bad used by my American friends is as a jocular response to someone's (just as jocular) sexual innuendo or teasing/flirtatious remarks. Sei cattiva sounds like a serious accusation(unless you say Come sei cattiva! jocularly in response to a girl's bitchy remarks).
I really can't think of anything closely resembling You're so bad in Italian in this sense. Alfry, Silvia - any ideas?
Carlo
PS I didn't mean to sound sexist. I wrote a girl's bitchy remarks because the original example had cattiva. Of course men can be just as bitchy as women
it depends on how you are pronouncing "cattiva".
if it's clear from the tone of your voice that it is a joke then, in my opinion, cattiva is ok.
in a context such as the one explained by leenico (by the way, facciamo il tifo per te, leenico) then I'd suggest, monella, biricchina, or vivace.
if it's clear from the tone of your voice that it is a joke then, in my opinion, cattiva is ok.
in a context such as the one explained by leenico (by the way, facciamo il tifo per te, leenico
) then I'd suggest, monella, biricchina, or vivace.I'd fully underwrite moodywop's notes; in italian, other expressions coming to mind might be "sei cattivella" (used to show that "cattiva" is not in a serious sense), "sei birichina", "sei tremenda".
BTW, sometimes I also hear used "sei una bestiaccia" - whenever i say it to my little daughter, that is.
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BTW, sometimes I also hear used "sei una bestiaccia" - whenever i say it to my little daughter, that is.
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Forse perfida..crudele se proprio deve essere un gioco!!!!moodywop said:Lsp
The way I've heard You're so bad used by my American friends is as a jocular response to someone's (just as jocular) sexual innuendo or teasing/flirtatious remarks. Sei cattiva sounds like a serious accusation(unless you say Come sei cattiva! jocularly in response to a girl's bitchy remarks).
I really can't think of anything closely resembling You're so bad in Italian in this sense. Alfry, Silvia - any ideas?
Carlo
I'd definitely go for tremenda. Bravissimo, giocc. The trouble with monello, birichino etc is that they sound too mild in a context loaded with sexual overtones.Alfry said:tremenda, si, mi piace anche tremenda, ottimo giocc
Btw (but I'd wait for Lsp's expert opinion on U.S. slang), at least the way I've heard it used, you're so bad can also be used by a guy as a jocular half-disapproving response to a one-track-minded male friend who keeps making lewd remarks about women in the street. Sei tremendo would sound perfect in this context.
Carlo
What a compliment, thanks! "You're so bad" has many, many uses! You're right, moodywop, but Leenico is talking to a girl... (read a few of his posts, get to know him a little, and you'll agree, right, Lee?moodywop said:
) His second post really clears it up...He's flirting back to her... pretending to scold her, calling her bad - all with a wink and a smile - and implying she's wild (unbridled they called it in more romantic timesleenico said:
), and needs to be tamed by some big strong man. It's classic that the guys here wish him well!
As always lsp has it exactly right, and perfectly expressed, too. I might add that, in some cases, while pretending to scold it can simultaneously be expressing a sort of admiration for the person's audacity:
SHE: "Maria's skirt was so tight it had dogs howling in the next county."
HE: "Oooo -- you're so bad!"
SHE: "Maria's skirt was so tight it had dogs howling in the next county."
HE: "Oooo -- you're so bad!"
leenico said:What if it were a girl who is always saying suggestive things to you?
What about "Tu sei una porcellina/maialina... qualcuno dovrebbe domarti" ( I included maialina/porcellina just for the sexual connotation)
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