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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

shmuck

Italian translation:

cazzo

Jul 13, 2001 08:18
25 yrs ago
English term

Proposed translations

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Idiota testa di cazzo!!

Ciao Stefanino! Finalmente cambi genere, qualcosa di eccitante vedo... Cos'é?
Naturalmente in Yiddish shmuch èquivale a Dick.
Buon divertimento!
Peer comment(s):

agree Gianni Pastore
2 days 8 hrs
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8 mins

Imbecille!

I know a few more, but can't write 'em here
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"A cretino!" or "Ma chi ti ha dato la patente?!"

This really depends on the context. Depending on the intonation, this can be a provocative, mild or very offensive statement! My first suggestion is to be read in Roman dialect (given the slang yiddish, I thought I could use some "poetic" license!). The second one (literally "Who gave you your driver's license?!") comes, I think, from a movie (w. Franco Franchi and Ciccio Ingrassia) and is generally accepted to mean "How dumb can you be?!"

Buon lavoro,

Floriana
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+1
31 mins

Idiota, idiota integrale

:)
Peer comment(s):

agree Flavio Ferri-Benedetti : mito!!!
27 mins
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+2
2 hrs

vedi testo

Il termine yiddish è significa letteralmente "organo sessuale maschile". Vedi tu che espressione usare, a seconda del tipo di testo.
Peer comment(s):

agree Floriana (X) : Sono daccordo, ma secondo te chi usa il termine si rende conto di quello che dice? (manca il contesto!)
6 mins
agree CLS Lexi-tech : come la corrispondente espressione italiana che a forza di usarla ha perso un po' di referenzialità.
2 hrs
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18 hrs

razza di deficiente!

Schmuck = a clumsy or stupid person; an oaf.
[Yiddish shmok, penis, fool, probably from Polish smok, serpent, tail.]
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