April Fool in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for April Fool in the English»Italian Dictionary

April Fool [Brit, Am ˈeɪprəl ful] N (person)

April Fool

= vittima di un pesce d'aprile

April Fool!

pesce d'aprile!

April Fool's Day [Am ˈˌeɪprəl ˈfulz ˌdeɪ] N

April Fool's Day

il primo di aprile (specialmente con riferimento ai pesci d'aprile)

April Fool's trick [ˌeɪprɪlˈfuːlzˌtrɪk] N

April Fool's trick

pesce m d'aprile

Translations for April Fool in the Italian»English Dictionary

fare un pesce d'aprile a qn

to make an April Fool of sb

pesce d'aprile!

April Fool!

fare un pesce d'aprile a qn

to make an April Fool of sb

pesce d'aprile! (esclamazione)

April Fool!

pesce d'aprile (scherzo)

April Fool's joke o trick

Translations for April Fool in the English»Italian Dictionary

April [Brit ˈeɪpr(ɪ)l, Am ˈeɪprəl] N

April

aprile m

I.fool¹ [Brit fuːl, Am ful] N

1. fool (silly person):

fool

sciocco m / sciocca f

fool

stupido m / stupida f

the poor fool

il povero stupido

you stupid fool! inf

pezzo di cretino!

don't be (such) a fool!

non fare l'idiota!

I was a fool to believe him

sono stato uno stupido a credergli

I was fool enough to believe him

sono stato così scemo da credergli

to make sb look a fool

far fare a qn la figura dello scemo

to make a fool of sb

prendersi gioco di qn or prendere in giro qn

to be fool enough to agree

essere abbastanza sciocco da accettare

she's no fool, she's nobody's fool

è tutt'altro che stupida

any fool could do that inf

chiunque saprebbe farlo

(the) more fool you! inf

bravo scemo!

to act or play the fool

fare lo scemo

2. fool HISTORY (jester):

fool

buffone m

fool

giullare m

II.fool¹ [Brit fuːl, Am ful] ADJ before n Am inf

fool politician:

fool

stupido

that's a fool thing to do, say

è una cosa sciocca da fare, dire

III.fool¹ [Brit fuːl, Am ful] VB trans

fool

ingannare

fool

imbrogliare

you don't fool anybody

non prendi in giro nessuno

don't let that fool you!

non cascarci!

who are you trying to fool?

chi stai cercando di imbrogliare?

you don't fool me for a minute

non ti credo neanche un po'

to fool sb into doing

convincere (con l'inganno) qn a fare

to fool sb into or believing that …

fare credere a qn che …

to fool sb out of money

sottrarre [qc] a qn con l'inganno

to be fooled

farsi imbrogliare or beffare (by da)

don't be fooled!

non farti abbindolare!

you really had me fooled!

ci ero proprio cascato!

IV.fool¹ [Brit fuːl, Am ful] VB intr (joke, tease)

fool

scherzare, fare lo stupido

no fooling! iron

dici davvero?

V.to fool oneself VB refl

to fool oneself

illudersi

to fool oneself into doing sth

illudersi di poter fare qc

VI.fool¹ [Brit fuːl, Am ful]

a fool and his money are soon parted prov

= le persone stupide sprecano presto il loro denaro

there is no fool like an old fool

= nessuno è più imbecille di un vecchio imbecille

you could have fooled me! inf

a chi vuoi darla a bere!

fool² [Brit fuːl, Am ful] N Brit FOOD

rhubarb, fruit fool

dessert con crema al rabarbaro, alla frutta e crema pasticciera

April Fool in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for April Fool in the Italian»English Dictionary

pesce d'aprile inf

April fool

pesce d'aprile inf

The Pesce d'aprile (April fish) is the Italian equivalent of April Fool. Its name comes from the paper fish that is attached to the back of the person one wants to trick. These days, all kinds of tricks are played on April Fool's Day.

Translations for April Fool in the English»Italian Dictionary

April [ˈei·prəl] N

April

aprile m

in April

in aprile

every April

ogni mese di aprile

the month of April

il mese di aprile

at the beginning/end of April

all'inizio/alla fine di aprile

on April (the) fourth

il quattro aprile

I.fool [fu:l] N

fool

sciocco(-a) m (f)

to be a big enough fool to do sth

essere così stupido da fare qc

to act like a fool

comportarsi da stupido, -a

to make a fool of sb

rendersi ridicolo, -a

any fool

chiunque

II.fool [fu:l] VB trans

fool

ingannare

you could have fooled me! inf

non l'avrei mai detto!

III.fool [fu:l] VB intr (joke around)

fool

scherzare

IV.fool [fu:l] ADJ inf (silly)

fool

sciocco, -a

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

We wouldn't want to turn up and find ourselves the victim of an April Fool.

www.joe.ie

Amid last week's glut of flimsy April Fool gags, one stood out slightly from the pack.

www.independent.co.uk

Perhaps that makes it a very postmodern April Fool.

www.independent.co.uk

The proposal was revealed as an April Fool a few hours later.

www.wired.co.uk

We're pretty sure this was an April Fool.

www.mirror.co.uk

It may sound like an April Fool but the resort has an artificial wave created by a ramp and fast running water.

news.bbc.co.uk

Which is, unfortunately and unsurprisingly, not an April Fool.

entertainment.ie

Any good April Fool story should have an element of believeability to it.

www.independent.co.uk

Perhaps this isn't an April Fool after all.

www.telegraph.co.uk

His 15-year old son was at first convinced it must be an April Fool.

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk