Rural Dictionary

dio cane

Dio cane cosa metti briscola, incapace
Sir, you play cards in a terrible way

by howay June 4, 2013

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This is a typical Italian expression of disappointment.In Veneto we have the most beautiful expression on disappointment:dio can,boia dio,quea puttana de na madonna impestada de sborato fin sora i cavèi,dio ladro,kel can de dio,dio mostro,kel cancaro del signor...and so on...

Quando si urta con le dita dei piedi sulla gamba di un tavolino:"Ahi dio can!!!"
"Mama dio can,xe pronto o no?!"
"Dio can ke goal ke me so magnà"
"Jaio dio can...refite!"
Dio can ke cagàda ke me scampa"
And more...and more...and more...DIO CAN!!!

by Nicola P. November 20, 2004

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dio cane

god gog, italian slang meaning anger, disappontment or even surprise.

Dio cane questa birra è calda come il piscio!
Unfortunately this beer is not so cold as I wish.

Ma cantate dio cane!
Please everybody sing.

Dio cane che numero!
Wow, that's great!

by gatto September 12, 2004

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dio cane

Traditional way to swear against god, quite common in the north-northeast of Italy.
Literally it means "god is a dog", or "dog god".
It's said that this ancient expression was discovered hundreds years ago in the big venetian province of Bojon, the day that someone pronounced the words: "Veo juro, el xe un càn, eo gò sentìo sbajare"! (I swear, he is a dog! I heard him barking!)

Ma ghea moìto, dio cane?
(would you please be so kind to stop to tease me?)

Ecco, DIO CANE, varda! desso teo ghè roto!
(You should have read the user manual, now you've broken it)

Ma no, dio cane, NO DIO CAN, ste robe no ah!
(It's nice, but I would have done it in another way)

Ciò, dio cane! Vara dove che te meti i piè!
(Mind the gap)

Vorìsito dire che so drio contàrte na baea, dio cane?
(I swear it's true!)

Porco dio cane, verxi sto casso de cesso che so drio cagàrme dosso!
(I need to wash my hands)