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Italian
Etymology
Literally, “to make impression”.
Verb
fàre impressione (first-person singular present fàccio impressione, first-person singular past historic féci impressione, past participle fàtto impressione, first-person singular imperfect facévo impressione, second-person singular imperative fài impressione or fà' impressione, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to disgust, to repel, to freak out, to sicken, to squick out, especially on a deep morbid or instinctual level
- Near-synonyms: fare paura, disgustare, ripugnare
I millepiedi mi hanno sempre fatto impressione...- Millipedes have always deeply disgusted me...
Fai davvero impressione quando fai quella smorfia!- You get really creepy when you make that face!
2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:La curva della spina dorsale faceva impressione.- The curvature on the spine would freak someone out.
- (intransitive) to scare or rub the wrong way (to shock someone with an unexpected and uncomfortable revelation, provoking a feeling of offness)
- Synonyms: impressionare, scioccare
- Near-synonym: cogliere di sorpresa
Ma fa' il sincero, davvero non ti fa impressione che coi cookie ormai sanno tutto su di te?- But be honest already, is it really it doesn't scare you that thanks to cookies now they know everything about you?
All'inizio mi ha fatto impressione che conoscesse il mio nome senza che io sapessi la minima cosa su di lei...- At first it spooked me that she knew my name without me even knowing the smallest thing about her...
- (intransitive) to concern/be concerning and be mindboggling/mindblowing
- Synonyms: essere impressionante, fare paura
Funziona così bene da fare impressione.- It works so well to the point it is scary.
La rapidissima evoluzione della tecnologia in questi ultimi anni sta iniziando a fare davvero impressione.- The incredibly rapid evolution of technology these recent years is starting to really seem concerning.
- (with an adjective on "impressione", also with article) to leave a particular impression of oneself, to come off, to make an impression
- Synonym: fare figura
Senti, forse sarò solo io ma secondo me non hai fatto assolutamente cattiva impressione.- Hear me out, maybe it will turn out to've only ever been me but in my opinion you absolutely didn't come off negatively.
Sono sicuro che farai una buonissima impressione!- I'm sure you'll make a really good impression!