B2 — Upper Intermediate❤️ Love & Family
Mandare a fanculo
To tell someone to get lost
Literal Translation
"To send to a certain place"
What it means
To tell someone to get lost; to angrily end a relationship. A very strong, vulgar expression used in extreme anger. Included here as it appears frequently in Italian relationship discourse. Highly informal.
Example in context
"Quando ha scoperto il tradimento, lo ha mandato a fanculo senza pensarci due volte."
"When she discovered the betrayal, she told him to get lost without thinking twice."
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