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rompere le scatole

Breaking the cans!

Parola del Giorno (#PdG)
May 3, 2021
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Today’s Parola del Giorno is the expression ròmpere le scàtole,

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which means to get on someone’s nerves or to bother someone.

See the expression used below:

La smettete di rompere le scatole al cane, per favore? Lasciatelo dormire!

Can you stop bothering the dog, please? Let him sleep

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None of these words normally have accents on them! I indicate them to show where the stress falls on the words. Most Italian or Italian-English dictionaries will indicate stress marks using accent marks, raised dots, or by underlining the appropriate vowel.

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Joel & Jan
Jun 15, 2021

In Sicilian, "non mi scassare i cabbasisi" or "non mi compere i cabbasisi" I have heard Pasquano (the late great) say this many times to Montalbano.

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