Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
spatolata di stucco
English translation:
a spoonful of clay
Added to glossary by
Lara Barnett
Nov 23, 2017 14:21
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Italian term
United Kingdom
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Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish, Irish, Singaporean, UK, South African) 
Works in: French to English, Italian to English, Romanian to English, and 2 more.
spatolata di stucco
Italian to English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Character-based fiction
Marco has just spent all night smoking and getting drunk in a bar with friends of his youth. His head is now spinning...
"Mi sembrava di masticare una spatolata di stucco. Ad un certo punto mi bloccai: mi stava tornando su la cena."
Is there something good that we use here? I do not know this expression anyway.
"Mi sembrava di masticare una spatolata di stucco. Ad un certo punto mi bloccai: mi stava tornando su la cena."
Is there something good that we use here? I do not know this expression anyway.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | a spoonful of clay |
Michael Korovkin
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| 3 +1 | glob of spackle / plaster |
Patrick Hopkins
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Proposed translations
21 hrs
Michael Korovkin
Italy
Italy
Native in English
Works in field
Italy
Native in: English 
, Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Italian to Russian, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
125
Selected
a spoonful of clay
more common parlance, plus the substance doesn't really matter – within limits
chalk's awkward for it'ìs powder; mortar – too technical; spackle – too British...
chalk's awkward for it'ìs powder; mortar – too technical; spackle – too British...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+1
7 mins
Patrick Hopkins
Italy
Italy
Native in English
Works in field
Italy
Ivy League MBA, 30 yrs biz exp in Italy
Native in: English
Works in: Italian to English
Related KudoZ points
:
82
glob of spackle / plaster
I felt like I was chewing on a glob of spackle/plaster
Reference comments
1 hr
Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Germany
Native in English
Works in field
Germany
45 years experience
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
81
Reference:
Not really relevant part from the fact that the child was basically chewing chunks of plaster), but found it somewhat unusual...
https://www.mamapedia.com/article/help-my-son-wont-stop-chew...
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Note added at 1 hr (2017-11-23 16:18:03 GMT)
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https://www.mamapedia.com/article/help-my-son-wont-stop-chew...
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Note added at 1 hr (2017-11-23 16:18:03 GMT)
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apart from..
Note from asker:
| I think he's missing some mineral or other in his blood. |
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