schifo

• IPA^(key): /ˈski.fo/, [ˈskʲiː.fo]
• Rhymes: -ifo

From Old French eschiu (“shy, timid”), from Frankish *sciuh (“shy, timid, fearful”), from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy, frightened”). Cognate with Old English sċēoh (“shy”), Dutch schuw (“shy”), Danish sky (“shy”). More at shy, eschew.

schifo m (plural schifi)

1. disgust, nausea, loathing

   Synonyms: disgusto, ribrezzo

2. (colloquial) crap, rubbish

   Cos'è 'sto schifo? ― What's this crap?

• schifio

• che schifo
• fare schifo
• schifare
• schifezza
• schifoso

• schifio

• → English: skeevy

schifo

1. first-person singular present indicative of schifare

Borrowed from Old High German skif, from Proto-Germanic *skipą. More at skiff, ship.

schifo m (plural schifi)

1. dingy (small sailing boat)

• schifazzo

• ⇒ English: skeevy
• ⇒ English: skeeve

• foschi, sfochi