Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
Che culo!
English translation:
Lucky bastard!
Added to glossary by
Nedra Rivera Huntington
Mar 15, 2006 22:51
18 yrs ago
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Italian term
United States
Reliability, conscientiousness and style
Native in: English (Variants: US, UK) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English
Che culo!
May offend
Italian to English
Other
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
colloquial expressions
As in "what luck!" Any ideas for a colloquial English expression to match this register?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +1 | Lucky bastard! |
Giordano
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| 4 +6 | You lucky sod!! |
Giulia Barontini
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| 5 +3 | Lucky shit! |
David Russi
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| 5 +1 | Jammy f***er! |
carly kelly
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Proposed translations
+1
3 hrs
Selected
Lucky bastard!
IMO, maybe "bastard" is less (potentially) offensive than "shit"
(depending on the context)
"Lucky bastard!" is rather British too.
(depending on the context)
"Lucky bastard!" is rather British too.
Peer comment(s):
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awilliams
: yes - I can hear Michael Palin saying that - think it was in Monty Python's Life of Brian
9 hrs
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:D
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I chose this one as being the most "international"."
+3
3 mins
David Russi
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
30+ years, stopped counting...
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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40
Lucky shit!
You lucky shit!
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Sylvia Gilbertson
32 mins
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| agree |
John Walsh
12 hrs
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| agree |
awilliams
: keeps the "culo" idea :o
12 hrs
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+1
11 mins
carly kelly
Italy
Italy
Native in English
Works in field
Italy
For your want of a better word...
Native in: English
Works in: Italian to English, English, Irish to English
Related KudoZ points
:
8
Jammy f***er!
I suppose you could replace F***er with bastard or such like if you wanted.
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Note added at 15 mins (2006-03-15 23:06:38 GMT)
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or "you jammy git!" ;-)
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Note added at 15 mins (2006-03-15 23:06:38 GMT)
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or "you jammy git!" ;-)
+6
5 hrs
Giulia Barontini
Italy
Italy
Native in Italian
Italy
"Delivering Your Requirements"
Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English, French to Italian, and 4 more.
You lucky sod!!
Un'altra variante dell'espressione inglese, tra l'altro MOLTO usata in Gran Bretagna! PS: personalmente non la trovo nemmeno "molto" offensiva... ;o)
All the best,
Giulia
All the best,
Giulia
Peer comment(s):
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Franco Rigoni
3 hrs
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Thanks, kero
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| agree |
Christina Townsend
3 hrs
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Thanks, Christina
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| agree |
Federica Masante
: brava Giulia! e ciaooooo
4 hrs
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Grazieee birbante!!! Huge kiss xxx
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| agree |
Garaemma
5 hrs
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Thanks, Garaemma
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John Walsh
: in UK
7 hrs
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Yes, thank you!
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| agree |
awilliams
: yes - not quite as offensive as the others, so maybe safer (??)
7 hrs
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Thank you, Amy!
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