Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: ho fatto una cazzata

per dire che ho fatto un errore, una cosa sbagliata.
Che modi gergali ci sono di dirlo ??
Grazie mille

Beppo wrote:
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I screwed up (maybe)

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Yes.
Also:
I goofed.
I messed up.
I made a mess of it.
I flubbed it.
I blew it.
-- 
Joey DoWop Dee
Remember: It is To Laugh.

 I blew it.
Also "I dropped the soap!"
:-)
Kiuhnm

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Ummm....be careful with that one* ... ;-) but you reminded me of:
I dropped the ball.
*In prison, for example, you do not want to drop the soap in the shower.
(Or maybe you do. :-0)
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I really screwed up.
Joe from Massachusetts

 
I can't think of it without an "it" after "screwed". I guess it would 
still be correct, but is it more common without?

 *In prison, for example, you do not want to drop the soap in the shower.
You can still do it, but you have to flex your legs.
Among other things, it will save your back.
Kiuhnm

 I blew it.
I fucked up.

Joseph Curtin wrote:
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I screwed up when I wrote "maybe", but I wasn't sure about translation.

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Qualche espressione mi sembra troppo forte per dire 'ho fatto un errore.' 
Va bene 'I goofed' o 'I flubbed it' ma 'I screwed up' e 'I made a mess of 
it' signficano che 'ho fatto un pasticcio'. Si può dire 'I slipped up', 'I 
missed that one', o se sei un politico repubblicano 'mistakes were made'.

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I also want to add that, (unless it's obvious) 
"I fucked up"
is quite rude and impolite; not to be used lightly.
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Yes!  That's it and that's pretty much my password these days.
A.

 is quite rude and impolite; not to be used lightly.
Well, "Ho fatto una cazzata" too, actually.
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"I aim to misbehave". 

 
Ok. Just so we're clear on that!
One doesn't tell one's gramma that one fucked up.
So if my nonna were still alive, I wouldn't tell her I had fatto una cazzata 
(not that I ever do...   not as far as *she* ever knew.   :-)
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 cazzata (not that I ever do...   not as far as *she* ever knew.   :-)
Right, I'd tell her "ho fatto una stupidata" 8-)
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Ok. I seem to remember her saying something that sounded like
"caspiton" from time to time
and even on occasion something like
"stupidaggini"
but of course she wasn't saying these things to *me*.
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 missed that one', o se sei un politico repubblicano 'mistakes were made'.
Beh, il titolo del thread mi sembra altrettanto "forte". "Fare una 
cazzata" e "to fuck up" mi sembrano abbastanza simili come registri 
linguistici e vanno usati con la stessa accortezza.

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È vero, ma la domanda era 'per dire che ho fatto un errore, una cosa 
sbagliata', allora ho pensato che ci sia bisogna per chiarificazione.

"Giff" <giff...@gmail.com.invalid> wrote in message
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That depends.
If you saw your friend staring at an examination paper with a sad expression
on his face and you asked him "How did you do on the exam", he might answer
"I screwed it up".
If you met that same friend in a café with a sad expression on his face and
asked him "What's the matter?", he might answer "I screwed up", and he might
then proceed to relate the sequence of gaffes on his part which caused his
girlfriend to break up with him.
Joe from Massachusetts


"Caspita" means something like "goodness gracious!".
Joe from Massachusetts

 "Caspita" means something like "goodness gracious!".
My stars! :-)
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"And the whole Earth was of one language, and of one speech". 
(Genesis 11,1)


http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/WELLINEVER
Joe from Massachusetts

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I figured it was some kind of bland expletive. My dear grandmother wouldn't 
say "sh*t" if she had a mouthful. :-)
I do remember her daughter, (my mother), calling me a "stronzo" from time to 
time, but to us kids it sounded like "stroonza" so we went around calling 
each other that.
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My word!
Joe from Massachusetts

 
http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/WELLINEVER
Holy mackerel, so many euphemisms!
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http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/WELLINEVER
"Blow me"? That's on the list. It's categorized as British.
That one could cause all KINDS of embarrassment here in the US.
And the (real) funny part is that it's tucked in with all these
innocuous, old-lady expressions! Dearie Me!
PS: (Aside) Enrico, didn't you have a doggy x-face before? Now a cat?
Have you come over to the good side?
Ketzl was asking.
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Now he wants to say "Hi" to Pepina (nice name, btw) and is hoping she'll want 
to meet him:
http://homepage.mac.com/joedid/PhotoAlbum2.html
(Best viewed as a slide show.)
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 (Best viewed as a slide show.)
He seems very busy... all that rolling, and flipping, and curling! It must
be a very hard life for poor Ketzl ;DDD
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