#ITALIAN EXPRESSIONS HOW TO#

It means “to take a decision without considering the opinions of the other people involved”.Įxample: Se pensi che tuo padre ti darà i soldi per comprare una nuova macchina, hai fatto i conti senza l’oste. (His/her company managed to take out the competition in just two months.) 12.

Fare fuoriĮxample : La sua azienda è riuscita in soli due mesi a fare fuori tutta la concorrenza.

We faced many difficulties, but we overcame them successfully.) 11. (This has been a pretty tough year for us. Abbiamo fatto fronte a tante difficoltà, ma le abbiamo superate tutte con successo. Fare fronteĮxample : Questo è stato un anno molto duro per noi. – Davvero? Non ci ho fatto caso! (For real? I didn’t even notice!) 10. (Did you notice the way Robert was looking at you? He stared at you the whole night) Hai visto come ti guardava Roberto? Ti ha fissata per tutta la sera. It means “to notice”, “realize something”. (My parents love me so much: they would do anything to fulfill my wishes.) 9. It means “to do everything in your power in order to reach your goal”.Įxample: I miei genitori mi amano molto: farebbero carte false per esaudire ogni mio desiderio. It means “to win someone over or to make someone fall in love”.Įxample: Siamo usciti insieme solo una volta, ma ha già fatto breccia nel mio cuore. (We went out only once, but s/he has already made me fall in love.) 8. Sono costretta a fare buon viso a cattivo gioco. (My sister’s boyfriend is a really unpleasant person, he always jokes about my boyfriend, but, since I don’t want to argue with her, I’m keeping silent. It basically means “to pretend something is fine for us when it’s actually not” or in other words “trying to adapt and tolerate an unconfortable situation”Įxample: Il fidanzato di mia sorella è una persona molto sgradevole, fa continuamente battute sul mio ragazzo, ma non voglio litigare con lei, perciò non dico nulla. (Always leave a small tip at the restaurant, otherwise you might risk making a bad impression) 6. Lascia sempre una piccola mancia quando vai al ristorante, o rischi di fare brutta figura. (I know, I just want to make a good impression on her. – Lo so, è che vorrei fare bella figura con lei. Basically, it’s used when we do something good or bad while caring about what other people might think.

It means “to do something that can make us look good or bad in front of other people”. Fare storieĮxample: Finisci di mangiare i broccoli e non fare storie! (Finish your broccoli without making a fuss!) 5.

#ITALIAN EXPRESSIONS HOW TO#

Bella idea, no? ( I found a blog that teaches you how to build your DIY nightstand with tin cans. It refers to all the things that are home-made, except for food.įor example: Ho trovato un blog che insegna a costruire un comodino fai da te con i barattoli di latta. This verb can also be found in its negative form, which shows that we are completely sick and tired of something.Įxample : Non ce la faccio più, ho lavorato tutto il giorno e sono stanchissima! (I can’t do this anymore, I worked all day and I’m exhausted!) 3. (I would like to quit smoking, but I’ll never be able to.) It means “to be able to do something, to succeed in doing something”.Įxample: Vorrei smettere di fumare, ma non ce la farò mai. When the genitive case, in this instance “ di te”, has already been mentioned, therefore is known, it can be implied, replacing it with the particle “ne”, which gives us the expression “farne a meno”.įor instance: Adoro fumare. It means “to be able to be without someone or something”.Įxample: Non posso proprio fare a meno di te. There are plenty of expressions with the verb “fare” and it’s impossible to mention them all, therefore I’m going to introduce to you the most useful and curious ones among them. It is also part of many fixed expressions that do not allow variations and can often have nonliteral meanings, thereby creating a bit of confusion for non-native Italian speakers. In fact, as you are well aware, one of the the most common verbs of the Italian language is the verb “fare”. In this lesson we are going to talk about a topic which is really useful to improve your Italian, especially your speaking skills.

Italian expressions