fer campana
Catalan
editEtymology
editAccording to Joan Amades,[1] from the practice of punishing truants by forcing them to ring the bells in church services.
Verb
editfer campana (first-person singular present faig campana, first-person singular preterite fiu campana, past participle fet campana)
- to play hookey, to skive
- Synonyms: fer pila, fer fugina, fer safrà
References
edit- ^ Amades, Joan. Refranyer català comentat (Barcelona: Ed. Selecta, 1951)