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pasticcio

A "pasticcio" is a "mess".
It comes from a culinary recipe that mixes up various ingredients to obtain something messy but delicious. In this case, though, "pasticcio" is used to indicate something very messy and complicated, be it a problem to solve or a very untidy room.

There also are adjectives such as PASTICCIONA (fem. sing) or PASTICCIONE (masc. sing) that indicate someone that made something messy, or stupid. PASTICCIONI is the plural.

A PASTICCIACCIO (a bad mess) is usually used to talk about politics and political intrigues.

Ho fatto un pasticcio - I made a mess
Sei un pasticcione

Sono in un pasticcio

by Val86 November 9, 2022


Casino

(masc. sing) In Italian, "casino" used to mean brotherl, but now it means "a mess".
When something or someone is a literal train wreck we say "è un casino".

"INCASINATO" is an adjective referred to people or stuff: someone is INCASINATO when they're in trouble, or they're trouble. A place is INCASINATO when it'smessy.

Che è questo casino?
E' un casino da risolvere.
Chi ha combinato 'sto casino?
Quel tizio è incasinato forte.
E' bello incasinato.

by Val86 November 9, 2022


Patata bollente

Literally, "hot potato". A problem that no one wants to solve.
Un problema che nessuno vuole risolvere.

Mi hanno scaricato la patata bollente.

by Val86 November 9, 2022