/ˈridere a krepaˈpɛlle/ lit. ‘to laugh to the point of bursting your skin’
Italian idiom, everyday. To laugh very hard.
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How do people use Ridere a crepapelle
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Everyday and friendly, fine in conversation and in writing. You’ll hear it in every tense (“ho riso a crepapelle”, “rideva a crepapelle”) and with fare: “mi ha fatto ridere a crepapelle” means it made me laugh until it hurt. “A crepapelle” also goes with mangiare, so “mangiare a crepapelle” is eating until you’re about to burst.
Ridere a crepapelle
in real sentences
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Rideva a crepapelle.
He was laughing his head off.
Tatoeba, sentence by Nuel, translation by Nuel, CC BY 2.0 FR
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Questo mi ha fatto ridere a crepapelle.
That made me laugh out loud.
Tatoeba, sentence by Nuel, translation by CK, CC BY 2.0 FR
Where does Ridere a crepapelle
come from?
Crepapelle is built from crepare (to crack or burst) and pelle (skin), as English Wiktionary and Treccani both note, so the picture is laughing so hard your skin splits. Treccani says the word only lives in fixed phrases like “ridere a crepapelle” and “mangiare a crepapelle”, and lists “a crepapancia” (till the belly bursts) as a sister form. We found no record of its first use.
Mistakes learners make with Ridere a crepapelle
Splitting the word. It’s one word, “a crepapelle”, not “a crepa pelle”, and the ending doesn’t change: “ridevano a crepapelle” stays the same for a whole room of people.
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