fare impressione
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “to make impression”.
Verb
[edit]fàre impressione (first-person singular present fàccio impressione, first-person singular past historic féci impressione, past participle fàtto impressione, first-person singular imperfect facévo impressione, second-person singular imperative fài impressione or fà' impressione, auxiliary avére)
- to stun; to amaze; to strike
- Synonyms: meravigliare, colpire
- 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:
- La curva della spina dorsale faceva impressione.
- The curvature of the spine was astonishing.
- (literally, “The curve of the spine was striking.”)