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fiche la campe!!!! vacabonne

English translation: go away,you vagrant

18:10 Feb 7, 2004
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
French term or phrase: fiche la campe!!!! vacabonne
it was something that a french friend said to me in an e-mail.
Jaylynn
English translation:go away,you vagrant
Explanation:
c'est fiche le camp, vagabond

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Note added at 2004-02-07 18:17:34 (GMT)
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enfin je pense...
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ben baudoin
France
Local time: 00:46
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Summary of answers provided
4 +10go away,you vagrant
ben baudoin
5get out/away
IsaD
4 +1Go away! Get out! Get lost!
Jean-Claude Gouin
4 +1Go away! Get out! Get lost!
Jean-Claude Gouin
5Get lost vagabond.
horizon
4clear off/get lost
Ivana UK


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +10
go away,you vagrant


Explanation:
c'est fiche le camp, vagabond

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Note added at 2004-02-07 18:17:34 (GMT)
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enfin je pense...

ben baudoin
France
Local time: 00:46
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 12
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jean-Luc Dumont: Go away! You bum ! You said " a bomb"? Inspector?
8 mins
  -> thanks JL
agree  NancyLynn
9 mins
  -> thanks
agree  Isabelle DEFEVERE (X)
28 mins
  -> thanks
agree  RHELLER
1 hr
agree  Florence Bremond
3 hrs
agree  Gayle Wallimann: Literally, yes. What kind of friend is this?
3 hrs
agree  chaplin: vagabonde
4 hrs
agree  sktrans
4 hrs
agree  moya
13 hrs
agree  Valentini Mellas
15 hrs
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
get out/away


Explanation:
depending on the context

IsaD
Canada
Local time: 18:46
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
clear off/get lost


Explanation:
fiche(-moi) le camp (langue familière) clear off



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Ivana UK
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:46
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in pair: 39
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Go away! Get out! Get lost!


Explanation:
These all mean to "fiche le camp".
As for "vacabonne", I have no idea.
It looks like "vagabond" ... a vagabond, a tramp, a bum, a vagrant ...

Jean-Claude Gouin
Canada
Local time: 18:46
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 436

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  sousou
1 day 17 hrs
  -> Chokran sousou ...
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Go away! Get out! Get lost!


Explanation:
These all mean to "fiche le camp".
As for "vacabonne", I have no idea.
It looks like "vagabond" ... a vagabond, a tramp, a bum, a vagrant ...

Jean-Claude Gouin
Canada
Local time: 18:46
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 436

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  John Speese: all good suggestions; this isn't a paricularily polite expression, and I think it's probably supposed to be vagabond too.
3 hrs
  -> Thank you John for your opinion ...
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Get lost vagabond.


Explanation:
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horizon
United States
Local time: 16:46
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 8
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