What is Dio Cane?
1.
This is a typical Italian expression of disappointment.In Veneto we have the most beautiful expression on disappointment:dio can,boia dio,quea puttana de na madonna impestada de sborato fin sora i cavèi,dio ladro,kel can de dio,dio mostro,kel cancaro del signor...and so on...
Quando si urta con le dita dei piedi sulla gamba di un tavolino:"Ahi dio can!!!"
"Mama dio can,xe pronto o no?!"
"Dio can ke goal ke me so magnà"
"Jaio dio can...refite!"
Dio can ke cagàda ke me scampa"
And more...and more...and more...DIO CAN!!!
2.
God Dog, Italian insult to God.
Fa male dio cane!!!
(It's so painful, god dog!)
3.
god gog, italian slang meaning anger, disappontment or even surprise.
Dio cane questa birra è calda come il piscio!
Unfortunately this beer is not so cold as I wish.
Ma cantate dio cane!
Please everybody sing.
Dio cane che numero!
Wow, that's great!
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4.
"god dog" can be an assense exclamation.
"Dio cane" può essere un'esclamazione di assenso.
That girl is very nice!!
God dog!! (u r right!!)
Quella ragazza è molto gnocca!!
Dio cane!! (hai ragione!!)
5.
We can use the expression DIO CANE in order to express anger
Il Brescia ha perso DIO CANE
Brescia didn't play champagne soccer
6.
god-dog. enough said.
it's raining again in osnabrueck! dio cane!
7.
Italian blasphemous expression towards the Christian god meaning literally "God is a dog".
In English
However it is generally used as a way of expressing (1)disappointment, (2)anger and (3)surprise; even some Christians use it, obviously they don't mean to offend their god.
1. Dio cane ho preso un 4 nella verifica...
"Dio cane" I've got a bad mark in my test paper...
2. Dio cane ma vai via dalle palle ?!
"Dio cane" will you leave me alone ?!
3. Dio cane ma hai visto che esplosione ?!
"Dio cane" did you see that explosion ?!
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