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20:41 Jan 6, 2010

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Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Slang / Autobiography

Italian term or phrase: sclerare

This term is in the glossary but not in the same context:

camminare nella mia strada, serena come in questi ultimi due anni, aspettando senza convinzione e non con l’animo in cerca, un qualcuno che mi permetta di sognare un abito bianco: non perché fa parte dei cliché non perché non aspettavo se non quello ma perché e’ lui veramente quello con cui voglio invecchiare, voglio sclerare, voglio viaggiare, voglio vivere e far crescere dei figli.

"Get scared" sounds strange here. Any takers?

Thanks.

Daniel Gold KudoZ activity Questions: 189 (1 open) (1 without valid answers) (21 closed without grading) Answers: 1 United States
Local time: 23:54

Summary of answers provided

3 +7

flip, freak out

Giuseppe Bellone

4 +1

throw a fit / go bananas

Mirra_

the one I would want to grow old,) to bitch(, to travel, to live, and to raise children with

Michael Korovkin

3 +1

go nuts/ let my hair down

Oliver Lawrence

paint the town red

philgoddard

to loose one's marbles

tluna

come unglued

Elena Zanetti

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

flip, freak out

Explanation:
My dictionary.

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Note added at 4 min (2010-01-06 20:46:36 GMT)
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But I suppose there must be at least 10 different ways to translate this word into E. :)

Giuseppe Bellone
Italy
Local time: 05:54
Native speaker of:

Italian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

John Walsh

6 mins

-> Thanks John. :)

neutral

philgoddard: Is it a 1970s dictionary by any chance? :) //Sorry, I'm being a bit unfair. I think "freak out" is one of those hippie phrases that has come back into vogue. But not "flip" though.

14 mins

-> Sorry, 2008, actually!! But one can never never never be too sure, I know that even too well!!! :) Very often they update with new words without changing or deleting the obsolete ones, if this is what you mean!! // Thanks Phil for your explanation. :)

agree

Rachel Fell: maybe "do crazy things/everything crazy with" or something? http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sclerare http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=901673

37 mins

-> Yes, but as the Italian word is street jargon or so, probably s.th. similar has to be used in English too! But don't know any strange ones that may apply, apart from what I found in my dictionary. Thanks Rachel. :)

agree

Umberto Cassano

44 mins

-> Grazie Umberto. :)

agree

Dr Lofthouse:

3 hrs

-> Grazie/Thanks :)

agree

Barbara Toffolon

10 hrs

-> Grazie B. :)

agree

Michael Korovkin: a man of her dreams with whom to... freak out... ???!!! Must be a very alternative gal (direct from Woodstock?)

20 hrs

-> Thanks M. :)

agree

tluna

1 day12 hrs

-> Grazie/Thanks! :)

23 mins confidence:

come unglued

Explanation:
-

Elena Zanetti
Italy
Local time: 05:54
Native speaker of:

Italian

1 hr confidence:

paint the town red

Explanation:
or go off the deep end, go on the rampage, go off the rails, run riot... Take your pick. I like Rachel's "do crazy things" as well.

philgoddard
Local time: 22:54
Native speaker of: English

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

go nuts/ let my hair down

Explanation:
hth

Oliver Lawrence
Italy
Local time: 05:54
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 32

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

throw a fit / go bananas

Explanation:
please see
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&num=30&q="throw ...

(and it has nothing to do with getting scared ;) it just means that you become almost crazy/hysterical with rage or with extreme intolerance)

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Note added at 12 hrs (2010-01-07 09:07:20 GMT)
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just as a note, hoping you find it interesting and useful,
the verb comes from 'sclero', shortening of 'arteriosclerotico', and refers to the violent (often manly immotivated) bursts of rage typical of the patients in which artheriosclerosis affects the brain vascular system.
I guess it was introduced aproximately 20 years ago and was firstly used in Northern Italy (Milan), its usage very rapidly spreaded in the whole Italian territory.

So, in your context, it just means

*to discuss in a crazy and violent way*

Sorry I couldn't be more precise yesterday but it was very late at night :)

Mirra_
Italy
Local time: 05:54
Native speaker of:

Italian

20 hrs confidence:

the one I would want to grow old,) to bitch(, to travel, to live, and to raise children with

Explanation:
That's what I would use in this context. No point embarking in philology: the gal wants a bloke she could sink her claws in, among many other things besides.

Michael Korovkin
Local time: 05:54
Native speaker of:

English,

Russian
PRO pts in category: 8

7 days confidence:

to loose one's marbles

Explanation:
nice way of conveying the fact that you are going NUTS

tluna
Italy
Local time: 05:54
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Italian

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