Meaning
slacker, lazybones
- a lazy person who systematically avoids work or effort
In a sentence
Smettila di fare lo scansafatiche e vieni ad aiutarmi a pulire!
Stop being a slacker and come help me clean up!
Quel ragazzo è un vero scansafatiche: passa le giornate sul divano.
That guy is a real lazybones: he spends his days on the couch.
In ufficio non tollerano gli scansafatiche che scaricano il lavoro sugli altri.
In the office they do not tolerate slackers who dump work onto others.
Word forms (3)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| scansafatiche | singular |
| scansafatiche | plural |
| scansafatiche | Masc|Fem · plural |
Usage notes
- Informal: used to reproach someone who shuns work.
- Compound of 'scansare' (to dodge) + 'fatiche' (efforts); completely invariable in the plural.