Noun: schifo
Gender: m
Hyphenation: schì‧fo
| Singular m | schifo |
| Plural m | schifi |
Sample Sentences
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che schifo! (how disgusting!)
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Cos'è 'sto schifo? (What's this crap?)
Nouns inflected like schifo
egocentrismo,
surrogato,
maxicappotto,
diidrofolato,
nipotismo,
buccellato,
bacinetto,
sfrido,
nevometro,
altofondo,
sfarzo,
sfagno,
sforzo,
sfondo,
burchiello,
rosatello,
sciacquamento,
sonnellino,
teletrattamento,
biroccino, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
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. See: English Nouns '
shy'.
Verbs referencing "schifo"
English Nouns
skeevies.
Translations