fare rotta
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Literally, “to do route”. Compare French faire route.
Verb[edit]
fàre rotta (first-person singular present fàccio rotta, first-person singular past historic féci rotta, past participle fàtto rotta, first-person singular imperfect facévo rotta, second-person singular imperative fài rotta or fà' rotta, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive with per or verso) to make one's way (to/toward); to head (to/toward)
- Synonyms: andare, avviarsi; see also Thesaurus:dirigersi
- 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 27, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:
- Avrebbero catturato o ucciso bin Laden e sarebbero quindi ritornati indietro con gli elicotteri... prima di far rotta per la base di Jalalabad.
- They would apprehend or kill bin Laden and fly back out... before returning to the base in Jalalabad.
- (literally, “They would have captured or killed bin Laden and they would then have returned back with the helicopters... before making their way to the Jalalabad base.”)