Talk:mettere al rogo

RFD discussion: December 2020–January 2021
Italian SOP, without any figurative meaning. Many verbs can be substituted too - among them,, , , etc. Imetsia (talk) 19:22, 20 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Literally, "to put to the stake". Does it mean burning somebody alive like you would a witch? Or running a stake through a vampire's heart? &mdash; Dentonius 19:27, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Well, I got that wrong trying to figure it out from its parts. Apparently, it means "to condemn." Keep >SOP &mdash; Dentonius 19:51, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. I expanded  based on the definition at treccani.it.  Vox Sciurorum (talk) 20:15, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. --Robbie SWE (talk) 20:27, 20 December 2020 (UTC)


 * If not keep, we might want to add this as a usage example to it component parts Kilo Lima Mike (talk) 10:36, 21 December 2020 (UTC)


 * I think that in most contexts messo al rogo would be translated in English as “ burnt at the stake” (as in, il 17 Febbraio del 1600, Giordano Bruno fu messo al rogo) – which, moreover, can be used figuratively . For the figurative sense, a better English equivalent is perhaps “to pillory”. --Lambiam 14:16, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
 * What do you think of the figurative sense indicated by Lambiam? Is it lexicalised? Is it best treated in another entry? ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  13:09, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't think the figurative meaning is lexicalized. It's like the English "let's throw that idea into the trash can ," which doesn't justify the entry throw into the trash can. If we really want to highlight the figurative meaning, we can do so at . Imetsia (talk) 16:31, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. Ultimateria (talk) 18:45, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
 * RFD-deleted. Imetsia (talk) 16:26, 18 January 2021 (UTC)