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