Catalan edit

Etymology edit

According to Joan Amades,[1] from the practice of punishing truants by forcing them to ring the bells in church services.

Verb edit

fer campana (first-person singular present faig campana, first-person singular preterite fiu campana, past participle fet campana)

  1. to play hookey, to skive
    Synonyms: fer pila, fer fugina, fer safrà

References edit

  1. ^ Amades, Joan. Refranyer català comentat (Barcelona: Ed. Selecta, 1951)