sabato grasso

English translation: samedi gras

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Italian term or phrase:sabato grasso
English translation:samedi gras
Entered by: Traducendo Co. Ltd

09:44 Nov 7, 2008
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Folklore
Italian term or phrase: sabato grasso
a Carnivale...
in English I only see fat Tuesday (Mardi Gra)
is there a denomination in English for this day?
Anne Woodall
Local time: 16:24
samedi gras
Explanation:
non so se sia ufficiale come dicitura, ma su internet è pieno di annunci (in inglese) per le feste del samedi gras. magari ti aiuta.

buon lavoro

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volendo anche fat saturday, ma davvero mi sembra orribile e inoltre ha pochissime occorrenze
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Traducendo Co. Ltd
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Local time: 16:24
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4 +2samedi gras
Traducendo Co. Ltd
5 +1Shrove saturday
Béatrice Sylvie Lajoie
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Sabato grasso
Colin Rowe

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samedi gras


Explanation:
non so se sia ufficiale come dicitura, ma su internet è pieno di annunci (in inglese) per le feste del samedi gras. magari ti aiuta.

buon lavoro

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Note added at 3 min (2008-11-07 09:48:07 GMT)
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volendo anche fat saturday, ma davvero mi sembra orribile e inoltre ha pochissime occorrenze

Traducendo Co. Ltd
Malta
Local time: 16:24
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Enza Longo: also lots of references to Fat Saturday so either or would do
1 hr
  -> thx enza, it's true, but they lose the magic of the french....

agree  potra: I think the French works best.
7 hrs
  -> THX
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Shrove saturday


Explanation:
same as mardi gras "Shrove Tuesday"

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... we are told, on Shrove Saturday, i.e., the Saturday before Ash Wednesday, and remained there until Holy Saturday, the eve of Easter Sunday. ...
www.libraryireland.com/HealyEssays/Patrick2.php

Shrove Saturday Planning. 12:30 p.m. 150th Banquet Committee. Library ... Saturday, February 2, 5:00 p.m. Shrove Saturday Evening-Pancake Supper and Youth ...
www.central-presbyterian.org/worship/pdf_bulletin/080113_bu...

Disheartened, Patrick remains on Croaghpatrick from Shrove Saturday to Easter Saturday, abstaining from both food and drink. As to Moses, God ...
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Dictionnaire Le Robert & Collins:
Shrovetide : les jours gras (les les trois jours précédant précédant le Carême) - ex. Shrove Tuesday (le) Mardi gras

Shrove Tuesday is the term used in Ireland, the United Kingdom,[1] Australia,[2] and Canada to refer to the day after Shrove Monday (or the more old fashioned Collop Monday) and before Ash Wednesday (the liturgical season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday). In Ireland, the UK, and amongst Anglicans, Lutherans and possibly other Protestant denominations in Canada including Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick, this day is also known as Pancake Day, because it is customary to eat pancakes on this day.[3][4][5] In other parts of the world—for example, in historically CATHOLIC AND FRENCH-SPEAKING PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES and elsewhere—this day is called Mardi Gras. In areas with large Polish-immigrant populations (for example, Chicago) it is known as Tłusty Czwartek (literally: Fat Thursday) and celebrated on the Thursday before Lent. And in areas with large German-immigrant populations (for example, Pennsylvania Dutch Country) it is known as Fasnacht Day (also spelled Fausnacht Day and Fauschnaut Day.
The word shrove is a past tense of the English verb "shrive," which means to obtain absolution for one's sins by confessing and doing penance.[6] Shrove Tuesday gets its name from the shriving (confessing) that Anglo-Saxon Christians were expected to do prior to receiving absolution immediately before Lent.

The term "Shrove Tuesday" is not widely known in the United States, especially in those regions that celebrate Mardi Gras on the day before Ash Wednesday (AND THAT IS PROBABLY BECAUSE THE MOST FAMOUS ONE IN USA IS CELEBRATED IN NEW ORLEANS)

Béatrice Sylvie Lajoie
Local time: 16:24
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Peter Cox
23 hrs
  -> Thanks Peter
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Reference comments


7 mins peer agreement (net): +2
Reference: Sabato grasso

Reference information:
Lent starts four days later than in the Roman Rite, so that there is no Ash Wednesday, and Carnival continues until "sabato grasso" ("Fat Saturday" in Italian), corresponding to Shrove Tuesday (called "mardi gras", i.e. "Fat Tuesday", in French) in areas where the Roman Rite is used.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrosian_Rite
Colin Rowe
Germany
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Mara Ballarini: I'd leave it in Italian with an explanation in brackets/notes
12 mins
  -> Likewise, thanks!
agree  James (Jim) Davis: Has to be some explanation, I'd take shrove Saturday to be a careless mistake for pancake day (shrove Tuesday).
28 mins
  -> Personally, I would be happy eating pancakes any day of the week!
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