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schifo.

disgust, nausea, loathing

6 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈski.fo/

  1. disgust, nausea, loathing

    masculine
    che schifo!

  2. crap, rubbish

    colloquial · masculine
    Cos'è 'sto schifo?
Where this word comes from

From Old French eschiu (“shy, timid”) (cf. eschiver), from Frankish *skeuh (“shy, timid, fearful”), from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy, frightened”). Cognate with English shy, Sicilian schifiju (“disgust, mess”). More at shy, eschew.

noun/ˈski.fo/

  1. dinghy (small sailing boat)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Old High German skif. More at skiff, ship.

verb/ˈski.fo/

  1. first-person singular present indicative of schifare

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
Where this word comes from

From Old French eschiu (“shy, timid”) (cf. eschiver), from Frankish *skeuh (“shy, timid, fearful”), from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy, frightened”). Cognate with English shy, Sicilian schifiju (“disgust, mess”). More at shy, eschew.

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