English-Italian translations for farce

• farsa
  Se non si trattasse di una vera tragedia, sarebbe una farsa. If it was not such a tragedy, it would be a farce.
  Una tale situazione non può che essere considerata una farsa. That clearly is a farce in anyone's analysis.
  Egli ha trasformato il promesso disarmo in una farsa. He turned the disarmament pledge into a farce.
• commedia
  Rivolgiamo a Eyadéma un appello affinché ponga finalmente termine a questa commedia. We call on Eyadéma to put an end to this farce once and for all.
  E io sono d'accordo, perché qui stiamo assistendo ad una sorta di commedia, iniziata dal Presidente Giscard d'Estaing ma ripetuta anche in quest'Aula oggi. I support Turkey's request, for what is happening here is a farce, started by Mr Giscard d'Estaing and continuing today in this Chamber.
  Protestiamo contro la commedia inscenata ieri in questo Emiciclo, quando la Commissione è venuta a cercare l'appoggio del Parlamento europeo per garantire le proprie malversazioni. We would like to protest over the farce played out here yesterday in the Hemicycle, when the Commission came to seek the support of the European Parliament to back its misappropriation of funds.

Definition of farce

• A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method
• A situation abounding with ludicrous incidents
• A ridiculous or empty show
• To stuff with forcemeat
• To make fat
• To swell out; to render pompous
• Forcemeat, stuffing

Examples

• The farce that we saw last night had us laughing and shaking our heads at the same time
• The first month of labor negotiations was a farce
• The political arena is a mere farce, with all sorts of fools trying to grab power

Related words

• FARC
• infarct
• farcical
• infarction
• microinfarct
• reinfarction
• farcy
• postinfarction
• microinfarction