fregarsene
Italian
Etymology
From fregarsi + -ne. Coined or popularized by Gabriele d'Annunzio as a translation of the English to not give a fuck.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /freˈɡar.se.ne/
- Rhymes: -arsene
- Hyphenation: fre‧gàr‧se‧ne
Verb
fregàrsene (pronominal, first-person singular present me ne frégo, first-person singular past historic me ne fregài, past participle fregàtosene)
- (colloquial) to care little about something or someone, to not feel sorry, to not feel worried
- Chi se ne frega? (rhetorical question) ― Who cares about it?
- Io me ne frego dei tuoi problemi! ― I don't care about your problems!
- Me ne frego! (motto of the Fascist movement regarding the past) ― I don't care about it!
Usage notes
A negative polarity item, usually followed by un cazzo/una minchia (“dick”), thus literally forming a sentence roughly meaning "to not even have a wank with it", implying that the topic of conversation is so worthless to the speaker, that it's not even worth as a masturbatory item. The positive usage is also valid, but rhetorically weaker.