{"id":11225,"date":"2016-03-16T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T08:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=11225"},"modified":"2016-03-14T18:28:56","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T17:28:56","slug":"idiomatic-expressions-with-the-italian-verb-fare-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/idiomatic-expressions-with-the-italian-verb-fare-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Idiomatic Expressions With The Italian Verb Fare \u2013 Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;color: #3366ff\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Well, I did warn you that there are a lot of idiomatic expression with the verb <b>fare<\/b>!<br \/>\nIf you missed part 1 of this post you can find it <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/idiomatic-expressions-with-the-italian-verb-fare-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">1. idiomatic weather expressions with <b>fare<\/b>:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><b>fare caldo\/freddo<\/b> = to be hot\/cold: <b>oggi fa proprio freddo! <\/b>= it\u2019s really cold today! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><b>fare bel\/brutto\/cattivo tempo<\/b> = to be nice\/horrible\/bad: <b>siamo stati fortunati, ha fatto bel tempo tutto il fine settimana<\/b> = we were lucky, the weather was lovely for the whole weekend<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><b>che tempo fa?<\/b> = what\u2019s the weather like?: (<i>al telefono<\/i>) <b>qua piove, che tempo fa l\u00ec?<\/b> = (<em>on the telephone<\/em>) it\u2019s raining here, what\u2019s the weather like there?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">2. <b>fare una chiacchierata<\/b> or <b>fare due\/quattro chiacchiere<\/b> = to have a chat: <b>ieri ho visto Paolo per strada e abbiamo fatto due chiacchiere<\/b> = I saw Paolo in the street yesterday and we had a chat<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11234\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/03\/schifo.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11234\" aria-label=\"Schifo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11234\" class=\"wp-image-11234\"  alt=\"&quot;PEOPLE ARE DISGUSTING&quot;\" width=\"540\" height=\"540\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/03\/schifo.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/03\/schifo.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/03\/schifo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/03\/schifo-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/03\/schifo-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;PEOPLE ARE DISGUSTING&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">3. <b>fare schifo<\/b> = to disgust: <b>devo ammettere che il pesce crudo mi fa schifo<\/b> = I must admit that raw fish disgusts me.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">4. <b>fare i complimenti<\/b> = to compliment: <b>mi ha fatto <\/b><b>i<\/b><b> complimenti per il mio vestito nuovo <\/b> = he complimented me on my new dress<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">5. <b>fare una domanda<\/b> = to ask a question: l<b>a polizia ci ha fatto tante domande<\/b> = the police asked us lots of questions<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">6. <b>fare un giro<\/b> = to take a tour: <b>gioved\u00ec scorso abbiamo fatto un giro delle Cinque Terre<\/b> = last Thursday we took a tour of the Cinque Terre<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">7. <b>fare un viaggio<\/b> = to take a trip: <b>in aprile Valentina ha intenzione di fare un viaggio a New York<\/b> = Valentina intends to take a trip to New York in April<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">8. <b>fare un regalo<\/b> = to give a gift: <b>Adele gli ha fatto davvero un bel regalo<\/b> = Adele gave him a really nice present<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11235\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/03\/1554-bicicletta-incartata-perfettamente.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11235\" aria-label=\"1554 Bicicletta Incartata Perfettamente\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11235\" class=\"wp-image-11235\"  alt=\"I hope it's a PS4 (Playstation)\" width=\"540\" height=\"391\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/03\/1554-bicicletta-incartata-perfettamente.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/03\/1554-bicicletta-incartata-perfettamente.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/03\/1554-bicicletta-incartata-perfettamente-350x254.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11235\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I hope it&#8217;s a PS4 (Playstation)<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">9. <b>fare un discorso<\/b> = to make a speech: <b>all\u2019inizio della conferenza il Dottor Rossi ha fatto un discorso molto interessante sulle nuove tecniche<\/b> = at the beginning of the conference Dr. Rossi made a very interesting speech about the new techniques <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">10. <b>fare discorsi <\/b>= to discuss: <b>abbiamo gi\u00e0 fatto tanti discorsi sul nuovo impianto idroelettrico<\/b> = we\u2019ve already had a lot of discussions about the new hydro-electric plant<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">11. <b>fare una visita<\/b> = to visit (<i>doctor\/dentist\/hospital etc.<\/i>): <b>devo fare una visita dal dentista quest\u2019altro venerd\u00ec <\/b>= I have to go and see the dentist (<i>for an appointment<\/i>) next Friday<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">12. <b>far vedere<\/b> = to show: <b>mi fai vedere quel libro per favore?<\/b> = can you show me that book please?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Gabriola,fantasy;color: #003366\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large\">Alla prossima! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"254\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/03\/1554-bicicletta-incartata-perfettamente-350x254.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/03\/1554-bicicletta-incartata-perfettamente-350x254.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/03\/1554-bicicletta-incartata-perfettamente.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Well, I did warn you that there are a lot of idiomatic expression with the verb fare! If you missed part 1 of this post you can find it HERE. 1. idiomatic weather expressions with fare: fare caldo\/freddo = to be hot\/cold: oggi fa proprio freddo! = it\u2019s really cold today! fare bel\/brutto\/cattivo tempo =&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/idiomatic-expressions-with-the-italian-verb-fare-part-2\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":11235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[292278,58883],"class_list":["post-11225","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grammar","tag-italian-idiomatic-expressions","tag-italian-verb-fare"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11225"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11247,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11225\/revisions\/11247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}