/fa un ˈkaldo ˈbɔja/ lit. ‘it’s executioner hot’
Italian idiom, colloquial. It is extremely hot.
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How do people use Fa un caldo boia
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Colloquial, the sort of thing you say on a bus in August; it’s informal but not rude. “Boia” doesn’t change: “faceva un caldo boia”, “che caldo boia!”. It works for cold too, “un freddo boia”, so the executioner simply means “awful”.
Also said che caldo boia!, fa un caldo cane
Fa un caldo boia
in real sentences
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Fa un caldo boia!
It’s hot as hell!
Tatoeba, sentence by cristina_fulginiti, translation by buster_blu, CC BY 2.0 FR
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Che caldo boia!
It’s so hot!
Tatoeba, sentence by ml_tatoeba, translation by Nylez, CC BY 2.0 FR
Where does Fa un caldo boia
come from?
“Boia” is the executioner. Treccani notes that it’s also used as an adjective with a generally negative, superlative force, giving “tempo boia” (awful weather) and “faceva un freddo boia”; the Sabatini Coletti dictionary lists “freddo, caldo, vento boia” for things that bother you by their intensity. Nobody has dated the weather use.
Mistakes learners make with Fa un caldo boia
Making “boia” agree or adding “come”. It’s “un caldo boia”, not “un caldo come un boia”; the word sits right after the noun like an adjective.
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