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sciroppare

to preserve in syrup

verb shee-rop-PAH-reh Rare
Food & Drink Cooking

Also means

to put up with

Usage Note

Sciroppare literally means to cook or preserve fruit in syrup (le pesche sciroppate). Colloquially and more commonly, doversi sciroppare qualcuno means 'to be stuck putting up with someone' — a vivid idiomatic use. Reflexive sciropparsi is standard for the idiomatic meaning.

Examples

"Mi sono dovuto sciroppare tutta la conferenza."

Natural Translation

I had to sit through the whole conference.

Literal Translation

Myself I-had to syrup-through the whole conference.

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