fare scuola

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “do school”. Compare French faire école.

Verb

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

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fare,‎ scuola.

   Faccio scuola agli adolescenti.

   I teach adolescents.

2. (figurative, by extension) to found a school of thought; to attract a following; to be a leading example; to become seminal

   Vi presento un inchiesta del governo che nel 2014 ha fatto scuola.

   I present to you a government investigation that became seminal in 2014.