What does sballo in Italian mean?

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

The word sballo in Italian means trip, hoot, laugh, unpacking, unpackaging, unpack, go bust, mess up, over-rev, What a trip!, What a blast!. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word sballo

trip

sostantivo maschile (gergale (droga: effetto) (colloquial)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Lo sballo, con queste pasticche, è garantito.

hoot, laugh

sostantivo maschile (figurato, colloquiale (evento, situazione, ecc.)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Questi nuovi orecchini sono uno sballo.
What a hoot that party was!

unpacking, unpackaging

sostantivo maschile (imballaggio: rimozione)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Lo sballo del frigorifero è stato più complicato del previsto.

unpack

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (liberare dall'imballaggio) (from box, package)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Mi ci è voluto un po' di tempo per sballare completamente la merce.

go bust

verbo intransitivo (giochi: perdere superando un limite) (card games)

(phrasal verb, intransitive: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning and not taking direct object--for example, "make up" [=reconcile]: "After they fought, they made up.")
Il giocatore che sballa deve ripagare la puntata del banco.

mess up

verbo intransitivo (estensione, familiare (sbagliare per eccesso)

(phrasal verb, intransitive: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning and not taking direct object--for example, "make up" [=reconcile]: "After they fought, they made up.")

over-rev

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (gergale (motori, meccanismi: danneggiare) (engines)

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

What a trip!, What a blast!

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

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