What does fogna in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word fogna in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use fogna in Italian.

The word fogna in Italian means sewer, cesspool, glutton, hog, install a sewerage system, shut the f*** up, shut your filthy mouth, scum, despicable person. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word fogna

sewer

sostantivo femminile (condotto: scarichi)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La fogna scorreva poco distante da casa mia.
The sewer ran close to my house.

cesspool

sostantivo femminile (figurato, spregiativo (luogo sgradevole) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Me ne vado da questa fogna!
I'm leaving this cesspool.

glutton, hog

sostantivo femminile (figurato, colloquiale (mangione)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Sei proprio una fogna! Ti sei spazzolato tutto il dolce.
You're a real glutton! You've eaten the whole cake.

install a sewerage system

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

shut the f*** up, shut your filthy mouth

(offensive)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

scum, despicable person

(figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ma perché in questa zona della città ci sono così tanti topi di fogna?

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