Muy informalphrase
mandare a quel paese
to tell someone to get lost, to tell someone off
Traducción literal
"to send someone to that country"
Equivalente formal
congedare bruscamente, allontanare qualcuno
Ejemplos en contexto
"L'ho mandato a quel paese quando ha iniziato a insultarmi."
"I told him to get lost when he started insulting me."
"Un giorno di questi lo mando a quel paese, giuro."
"One of these days I'm going to tell him where to go, I swear."
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Nota cultural
A classic Italian euphemism — 'quel paese' is a polite substitute for a much ruder destination. Everyone understands what it really means. There's also the stronger variant 'mandare a fanculo' which is the explicit version.
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