Feb 25, 2020 22:31
4 yrs ago
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Italian term
fare il mellone
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Other
The whole sentence is this:
Dato che la cesta quando si riempie diventa
pesante, io ho iniziato a portarla sopra alla testa, come ho
visto fare alle femmine dentro al mercato. Ma poi, porta
oggi e porta domani, mi sono caduti i capelli e sono rimasto
col cocuzzolo pelato. E secondo me per questo mia mamma
mi ha fatto fare il mellone, quali pidocchi!
I did not understand the connexion between mellone and pidocchi...
Thank you very much!
Dato che la cesta quando si riempie diventa
pesante, io ho iniziato a portarla sopra alla testa, come ho
visto fare alle femmine dentro al mercato. Ma poi, porta
oggi e porta domani, mi sono caduti i capelli e sono rimasto
col cocuzzolo pelato. E secondo me per questo mia mamma
mi ha fatto fare il mellone, quali pidocchi!
I did not understand the connexion between mellone and pidocchi...
Thank you very much!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +2 | shave the head |
Vittorio Ferretti
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| 4 | Head shaving |
Mohammad Rostami
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| 4 | shave my pumpkin |
Michael Korovkin
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| 4 | tonsure |
EleoE
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| 3 | me dice el pelón, como un melón |
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
|
References
| Depilazione totale |
José Patrício
|
Proposed translations
+2
7 hrs
Vittorio Ferretti
Native in Italian
Author of renowned dictionary
Native in: German 
, Italian 
Works in: English to German, Italian to German, Spanish to German, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
8
Selected
shave the head
see "Nel dialetto ticinese fare il mellone significa ancora radersi i capelli in tondo." in the link
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Luca Gentili
2 hrs
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| neutral |
EleoE
: Skinheads (including all, trojan/trad, redskins, and naziskins) shave their heads too. :)
16 hrs
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| agree |
José Patrício
1 day 4 hrs
|
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
3 hrs
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Confianza, certeza, creatividad.
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Mexican)
Works in: English to Spanish, Italian to Spanish, French to Spanish, and 6 more.
me dice el pelón, como un melón
Según yo, por eso mamá me dice el pelón, como un melón.
Literalmente: como un melón, como los piojos. Pero sería un juego de palabras.
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Note added at 3 horas (2020-02-26 01:37:46 GMT)
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O mejor, pelón sin piojos.
Literalmente: como un melón, como los piojos. Pero sería un juego de palabras.
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Note added at 3 horas (2020-02-26 01:37:46 GMT)
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O mejor, pelón sin piojos.
8 hrs
Mohammad Rostami
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
relible translator"
Native in: Persian (Farsi) , English (Variants: British, Indian, US, Australian, French, UK, Canadian, New Zealand, US South)
Works in: Korean to English
Head shaving
.
11 hrs
Michael Korovkin
Italy
Italy
Native in English
Works in field
Italy
Native in: English , Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Italian to Russian, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
63
shave my pumpkin
to stay in the theme of those veggies :
Pidocchi? When children get fleas, their heads get shaved...,which isn't the case here. so he says, what fleas ?!
Pidocchi? When children get fleas, their heads get shaved...,which isn't the case here. so he says, what fleas ?!
23 hrs
tonsure
I would use tonsure to maintain the sarcastic tone.
The meaning of fare il melone (one "L" only) is shave head. However, this wouldn't properly translate the particular head-shaving the text is talking of, in which a circle of hair is removed from the top of the head.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tonsure
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Note added at 23 hrs (2020-02-26 21:46:42 GMT)
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... that's why my mother conferred the tonsure upon me...
The meaning of fare il melone (one "L" only) is shave head. However, this wouldn't properly translate the particular head-shaving the text is talking of, in which a circle of hair is removed from the top of the head.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tonsure
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Note added at 23 hrs (2020-02-26 21:46:42 GMT)
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... that's why my mother conferred the tonsure upon me...
Reference comments
47 mins
Discussion
Mia mamma avanti e io appresso. Dove stiamo andando
non lo so, dice che è per il mio bene. Invece ci sta la
fregatura sotto, come per i pidocchi. È per il tuo bene,
e mi ritrovai con il mellone. Per fortuna che pure all’amico
mio Tommasino gli fecero il mellone, per il suo bene.
Grazie a tutti!