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sciallarsi

English translation: bum around (Northern Italy)


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Italian term or phrase:sciallarsi
English translation:bum around (Northern Italy)
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Slang / colloquial e-mail
Italian term or phrase: sciallarsi
...ho un buon lavoro ben pagato, mi sciallo in ufficio, mi gestisco il mio tempo..

just musing about the fact that he has, all things considered, been lucky in life
RosFlinn
bum around
Explanation:
"Mi sciallo in ufficio" obviously means that he has fun, but it also means that he has fun because he does nothing (or next to nothing, or in any case he's either not bogged down with work or unwilling to work hard / take it too seriously).
So I'd choose "bum around" :)
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Claudia Benetello
Italy
Local time: 14:06
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3bum around
Claudia Benetello
5have fun / enjoy / have a ball
Vittorina Klingbeil
4to relaxsilvia tamanini
3to chill out
Alessandra Sticotti


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to relax


Explanation:
it could be, normally young people use it to say "to calm down", but in this case I guess this would be the meaning.

silvia tamanini
Italy
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to chill out


Explanation:
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Alessandra Sticotti
Italy
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
bum around


Explanation:
"Mi sciallo in ufficio" obviously means that he has fun, but it also means that he has fun because he does nothing (or next to nothing, or in any case he's either not bogged down with work or unwilling to work hard / take it too seriously).
So I'd choose "bum around" :)


Claudia Benetello
Italy
Local time: 14:06
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alfredo Tutino: and I'd add that it has distinctively Northern Italy sound. A recent radio ad that used a similar word ("stai sciallo" - don't get excited) excited laughter and derision here in Rome when transmitted on local radios...
5 hrs
  -> grazie!

agree  Francesco Volpe: Just a not to Alfredo, though. "Sciallo" is a norther italian mispelled word for the original Sicilian word "scialo" that means having fun. See "Lo scialo" by Elio Vittorini.
20 hrs
  -> grazie!

agree  theDsaint
1 day21 hrs
  -> grazie!
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
have fun / enjoy / have a ball


Explanation:
mi sciallo means 'I have fun at the office it' or 'I have fun at the office'. Actually a more colloquial/slangy expression would be 'I have a ball at the office'

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I may be wrong but it seems that there are different meanings associated with the word according to the area of Italy involved. I know that in the South you would use 'che sciallo!' to express extreme pleasure and joy in something, and you could not use 'bum around' or 'relax' terms to describe this feeling. Maybe knowing from which area the email comes from would help in deciding which term suits best.

Vittorina Klingbeil
Germany
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