fare presente
Italian
editEtymology
editLiterally, “to make present”.
Verb
editfàre presente (first-person singular present fàccio presente, first-person singular past historic féci presente, past participle fàtto presente, first-person singular imperfect facévo presente, second-person singular imperative fài presente or fà' presente, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive, idiomatic) to call out
- 2020, “Pilot”, in In difesa di Jacob [Defending Jacob], episode 1, Apple TV+:
- E non puoi farlo presente, altrimenti passi per uno stronzo.
- And nobody's gonna call them out on it, 'cause then you look like a jerk.
- (literally, “And you can't call it out, otherwise you look like an asshole.”)