fare scuola

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Italian

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Etymology

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Literally, do school. Compare French faire école.

Verb

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fàre scuola (first-person singular present fàccio scuola, first-person singular past historic féci scuola, past participle fàtto scuola, first-person singular imperfect facévo scuola, second-person singular imperative fài scuola or fà' scuola, auxiliary avére)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fare,‎ scuola.
    Faccio scuola agli adolescenti.
    I teach adolescents.
  2. (figurative, by extension) to found a school of thought; to attract a following; to be a leading example; to become seminal
    Vi presento un inchiesta del governo che nel 2014 ha fatto scuola.
    I present to you a government investigation that became seminal in 2014.