fajfi pri

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word fajfi pri. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word fajfi pri, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say fajfi pri in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word fajfi pri you have here. The definition of the word fajfi pri will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition offajfi pri, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Esperanto

Etymology

Literally, “whistle about”. Calque of German pfeifen auf and Yiddish פֿײַפֿן אױף (fayfn oyf).

Pronunciation

Verb

fajfi pri

  1. (idiomatic) to not care about; to not give a damn about
    • 1950, Cesaro Rossetti, Kredu min, sinjorino!:
      Al diablo la ortodokson, mi fajfas pri ĝi.
      To hell with orthodoxy, I don't give a damn about it.
    • 2001, Jorge Camacho, Fonto:
      Mi fajfas pri la sorto de niaj institucioj aŭ pri la estontado de nia lingvo.
      I don't give a damn about the fate of our institutions or about the future of our language.
    • 2016, B.Traven, La Mortula Ŝipo, tr. Dorothea & Hans-Georg Kaiser
      Mi fajfas pri la juĝ' de Di'.
      I don't give a damn about God's judgment.
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia