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Italian
Etymology
Literally, “for imitation”.
Adverb
per finta
- superficially, in appearance
2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:Lo depuriamo di tutto il male e di tutte le illusioni; lo constringiamo a passare dalla nostra parte, non per finta ma per davvero, anima e corpo.- We burn all evil and all illusion out of him; we bring him over to our side, not in appearance, but genuinely, heart and soul.
- (literally, “We cleanse him of all evil and of all illusions; we force him to come to our side, not in appearance but for real, body and soul.”)
- as a joke, kiddingly, unseriously
- l'ho detto per finta ― I said it as a joke