fare cilecca

Italian

Verb

fàre cilecca (first-person singular present fàccio cilecca, first-person singular past historic féci cilecca, past participle fàtto cilecca, first-person singular imperfect facévo cilecca, second-person singular imperative fài cilecca or fà' cilecca, auxiliary avére)

  1. to misfire
    La pistola ha fatto cilecca.
    The gun misfired.
  2. (by extension) to fail, lose, disappoint
    Synonym: fallire
    La mia memoria fa cilecca.
    My memory is failing me.
  3. (informal) to be impotent
  4. to fall on one's face
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