fer campana
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]According to Joan Amades,[1] from the practice of punishing truants by forcing them to ring the bells in church services.
Verb
[edit]fer campana (first-person singular present faig campana, first-person singular preterite fiu campana, past participle fet campana)
- to play hookey, to skive
- Synonyms: fer pila, fer fugina, fer safrà
References
[edit]- ^ Amades, Joan. Refranyer català comentat (Barcelona: Ed. Selecta, 1951)