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fare il mellone

English translation: shave the head

22:31 Feb 25, 2020
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Other
Italian term or phrase: fare il mellone
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!
Mabre
Local time: 03:49
English translation:shave the head
Explanation:
see "Nel dialetto ticinese fare il mellone significa ancora radersi i capelli in tondo." in the link
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Vittorio Ferretti
Local time: 08:49
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2shave the head
Vittorio Ferretti
4Head shaving
Mohammad Rostami
4shave my pumpkin
Michael Korovkin
4tonsure
EleoE
3me dice el pelón, como un melón
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
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Depilazione totale
José Patrício

Discussion entries: 3





  

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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
me dice el pelón, como un melón


Explanation:
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.

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
Local time: 01:49
Native speaker of: Spanish
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
shave the head


Explanation:
see "Nel dialetto ticinese fare il mellone significa ancora radersi i capelli in tondo." in the link


    https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&ei=AARWXu69D8SW1fAPmK2a8As&q=%22fare+il+mellone%22&oq=%22fare+il+mellone%22&gs_l=psy-ab.12.
Vittorio Ferretti
Local time: 08:49
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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agree  Luca Gentili
2 hrs
neutral  EleoE: Skinheads (including all, trojan/trad, redskins, and naziskins) shave their heads too. :)
16 hrs
agree  José Patrício
1 day 4 hrs
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Head shaving


Explanation:
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Mohammad Rostami
United States
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Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi), Native in EnglishEnglish
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shave my pumpkin


Explanation:
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 ?!

Michael Korovkin
Italy
Local time: 08:49
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
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23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
tonsure


Explanation:
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...

EleoE
Local time: 23:49
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Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in Serbo-CroatSerbo-Croat
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Reference comments


47 mins
Reference: Depilazione totale

Reference information:
https://donna.fanpage.it/depilazione-totale-come-farla-e-qua...

José Patrício
Portugal
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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