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Titolo: sfiga

come si traduce in inglese la parola "sfiga" ?
l'espressione "che sfiga" come si traduce ?
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 l'espressione "che sfiga" come si traduce ?
bad luck, credo
"what a bad luck"

 "what a bad luck"
"What bad luck".
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Mary


Che ne pensate di "What misspussy?"  :O)
Ciao, Michele
(Of course I'm joking) 

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thatfucked up

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What a piece of bad luck
Ciao,
Dario
ITA

 l'espressione "che sfiga" come si traduce ?
Dall'Hazon Garzanti: "What bloody rotten luck!"
Ci aggiungerei l'articolo: "What a bloody rotten luck!"
Ciao
JMT 

 Ci aggiungerei l'articolo: "What a bloody rotten luck!"
No, niente articolo.
"Luck" è uncountable.
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No! The indefinite article is wrong here.
You could only use the indefinite article referring to "luck" as
a countable object, but this is not the normal use of the word,
nor does it have the usual meaning associated with "luck".
There are several legendary "lucks" of the type described below.
"The Curwens had a Luck, which is an object that ensures good
fortune for the family as long as it is not broken."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/features/askaway/cumberland_lucks/luck_workington.shtml
 Forse "What a streak of bloody rotten luck", "What rotten luck",
"What tough luck", "What bloody bad luck", "What an unlucky break",
"What a string of bad luck", "What a dose of bad luck",
"Just my friggin' luck", etc.
Joe from Massachusetts

 "Luck" è uncountable.
Aaaargh!
Per penitenza, oggi niente gelati.
:-(
JMT 

 "luck".
Mi rimangio quello che ho scritto.
Ciao
JMT 

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Ray Charles sings: 
"If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all"
Which is amusing in a sad way!
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I don't know what your notion of the word "sfiga" is, but it's a bit
coarse. "What bad luck", conversely, appears to be the mildest and most
neutral of expressions, don't you think?
Bye, FB
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 Which is amusing in a sad way!
Wouldn't it make more sense as "If it wasn't for bad luck, I would have no
luck at all"? I must say your version strikes many more occurrences, though
mine does some, too. I think I need a paraphrase.
Bye, FB
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 mine does some, too. I think I need a paraphrase.
Your version is better, although I would say 'weren't'. Ray Charles didn't 
invent that expression. It is dialect and can also be found in a traditional 
blues song, Born Under a Bad Sign.
http://blueslyrics.tripod.com/lyrics/albert_king/born_under_a_bad_sign.htm
 

 neutral of expressions, don't you think?
Yes, but we don't really have a similar expression.
And "sfiga" is used so often nowadays that it's getting fairly mild.
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Mary

 Your version is better, although I would say 'weren't'.
Now the real question: how on earth am I to translate it? (smiling face)
First, here is how I understood it:
"If it weren't for bad luck ("sfortuna", "cattiva sorte"), I would have no
luck (both "sorte" and "fortuna") at all".
[...]
Bye, FB
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 luck (both "sorte" and "fortuna") at all".
Hai capito bene. 

 Hai capito bene.
Si può dire anche: "If it weren't for bad luck, I wouldn't have any luck at
all."

 And "sfiga" is used so often nowadays that it's getting fairly mild.
I tend to agree here. Would one say it in front of one's
grandmother, though?

 ma "bummer!" non è qualcosa come "(uffa) che palle!"?
QUOTE (Picchi, Hoepli)
A n C
1 (= pain, coll, di lavori e simili) rottura, scocciatura, seccatura
2 (slang, US)
2.1 esperienza spiacevole, spec a seguito di assunzione di droghe
2.2 vagabondo, nullafacente, fannullone
2.3 persona o cosa sgradevole
B int accidenti!, maledizione!, dannazione!
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Back to the point:
QUOTE (Picchi, Hoepli)
sfìga
nf rough luck, jinx, hoodoo, bad luck.
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Nothing much.
QUOTE (Ragazzini 2003)
sfiga
f.
(volg.) lousy luck; bad shit (USA): la solita sfiga, sod's law.
UNQUOTE
Better, isn't it?
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 I was thinking "(che) sfiga" -> "(what a) bummer", but maybe not.
ma "bummer!" non è qualcosa come "(uffa) che palle!"?

 Better, isn't it?
"Bummer" è la prima cosa che mi è venuta in mente, non già perché 
significhi "sfortuna", ma perché è quanto si direbbe (almeno in 
americano, in inglese non ne ho idea) nelle occasioni in cui, in 
italiano, si dice "che sfiga".
- I missed the train.
- Bummer!

 - Bummer!
Beh, in quelle occasioni si può esclamare anche "Damn!" o "Shit!". Ma non
esprimono la sfortuna.
Secondo l'Oxford Paravia
http://www.oxfordparavia.it/lemmaIta26415
sfiga
pl. -ghe
sostantivo femminile
colloq. rotten luck, jinx; che ~! what rotten luck!