imboscasse
🇮🇹 Italian slang from Rome
What does “imboscasse” mean?
to skive off, to hide from work
Example
“Appena c'è da lavorà s'imbosca.”
As soon as there’s work to do he skives off.
Good to know
From "bosco", wood: to hide among the trees.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
💼 Work
The textbook way to say it: imboscarsi
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- fa' er galoppinoto be the errand boy
- dajecome on!; let's go!
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