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fare le pezze

English translation: Ragpicking

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Italian term or phrase:fare le pezze
English translation:Ragpicking
Entered by: Lisa Jane

16:31 Feb 24, 2020
Italian to English translations [PRO]
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Italian term or phrase: fare le pezze
The whole sentence is:

Mia mamma non era contenta, però ha detto che almeno
mi dovevo imparare una fatica e cosí mi ha mandato a
fare le pezze. All’inizio ero contento: si trattava di stare
tutto il giorno in giro a raccogliere gli stracci vecchi casa
per casa oppure da dentro alla monnezza e portarli al
mercato da Capa ’e fierro.
Mabre
Local time: 14:18
Ragpicking
Explanation:
Collecting rags door to door and from refuse
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Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 19:18
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4Ragpicking
Lisa Jane
4take care of the patches
Cillie Swart


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Ragpicking


Explanation:
Collecting rags door to door and from refuse


    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragpicker
Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 19:18
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 24
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agree  philgoddard: Yes, the answer is there in the sentence, raccogliere gli stracci vecchi.
24 mins
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agree  martini
42 mins
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agree  Michael Korovkin
18 hrs
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agree  Giada Riva
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
take care of the patches


Explanation:
Her mom gave her the task of getting the material for the patches


    https://translate.google.co.za/?hl=af#view=home&op=translate&sl=auto&tl=en&text=Mia%20mamma%20non%20era%20contenta%2C%20per%C3%B2%20ha%20det
    https://www.linguee.com/english-italian/search?source=auto&query=fare+le+pezze
Cillie Swart
South Africa
Local time: 19:18
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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