"Lei fa un panino."

Translation: She makes a sandwich.

[folieadeux6]

Slightly sexist? Slightly sexist.

[salvatorecreme]

Thumbs up if you just came here expecting controversy about sexism

[a-muktar]

Hey, donna! Fammi un panino! I'm joking come oooon

[runningnarwhal]

I'm a girl, and I see absolutely no problem with this. There is nothing "sexist" about it. It's only sexist if you think that she's making the sandwich for a man, so just let the fictional female make her sandwich in peace.

[percyflage]

Well, my wife makes me sandwiches sometimes. I don't think either of us consider it sexist. Sometimes I make her a sandwich, and a nice cappuccino coffee too!

Let everyone make sandwiches in peace for whomever they freely choose to.

[runningnarwhal]

Exactly. Everyone should make sandwiches.

[Sm119]

Even then, there is nothing sexist about it. She makes me a sandwhich I make her a creampie, it's division of labour.

[frn_8]

incredible

[sylviamora]

Lmfao

[SleepingPills]

yikes

[trick_master]

why? can't women make sandwiches just beacause it sounds sexist? thats exaggerated

[DeanG6]

Oh come on! Get real. She makes a sandwich. He makes a sandwich. Who cares which sex makes a sandwich. Are women not allowed to make sandwiches anymore? Come on. (All I know is that I'm hungry and I would really appreciate a sandwich right now, and I don't care which sex makes it.)

[bgd151]

Surely this was a joke. The responses are way too serious lol.

[JohnMiller36]

Sudo go make me a sandwich!

[HatchedSylveon]

Not really. Yes, that sexist joke involving sandwiches exists, but some women just like sandwiches.

[S0R0USH]

How is it sexist?

[piano.z]

Well, it is sometimes said in those contexts, probably mockingly or jokingly though- I saw a t-shirt once that said, "cool story babe. Now go make me a sandwich"

[voododoll]

well, she can starve then :D didn't know that it will be sexist if you make a sandwich for yourself

[HydraBianca]

can't believe they gave you 2 lingots for this generic opinion.

[DeanG6]

And I can't believe she has 44 upvotes for her sexist comment.

[HennaKerst]

Right how dare doulingo birb

[stephanie.361962]

I love how this could technically be "she makes out with a sandwich" :')

[JoelTorres641521]

Grabs popcorn

[D_V_Z]

fa also means "makes out with" and "does"..are these colloquial sexual terms in italian too?

[rscar]

Also curious to know the outcome of this question...for a friend...

[KNGcietir9]

Ahahahhaa

[Jopo48]

"Fare colazione" means "to eat brekfast". But "Fare un panino" doesn't mean "to eat a sandwich". Curious italian !

[missymaelicia]

Fare colazione "to have breakfast/to make the breakfast"

Fare un panino "to make a sandwich"

[CBooms]

Drop-down translation gives "roll" as an optional definition for panino, but the answer only accepts sandwich. Hmph.

[joncharles73]

Exactly... Moreover, every panino I've ever eaten (on more than a dozen trips to Italy), looks far more like what I would call a roll than a sandwich...

[grumpy700875]

You are right. The ending of the word alone says that it is a little bread .

Roll is actually the best answer and sandwich is wrong. I reported it as a problem and included this links:

This is a panino https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panino

and this is a panino imbottito https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panino_imbottito

and this is a sandwich https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich

[emilywiebe_]

what does the word fa mean? in the definition under the word is says "ago," and then the next definition is "equals (math). can someone please explain?

[ForgetUmbrella]

"fa" is the third person indicative form of "fare", meaning "to do/make". "Fa" means "he/she/it does/makes".

[-Evie-van-E-]

I have the same problem! Under 'fa' it has the suggestions of 'equal (=)', then 'ago'.

[sinasohil2]

I think something is wrong , the vocabulary used in this lesson are all new

[-Evie-van-E-]

Yeah same. Most of the stuff is new even though I've done the lesson plenty of times before

[Morse1]

why can't it be (the formal) you make a sandwich?

[agent_deia]

This was my first exposure to "fa" and the translation didn't include "make"... Duolingo please update this!

[Randonneur3]

Use your own dictionary is best.

[JennyHolland]

Lei is also formal 'you', so why not 'you make a sandwich' ?

[deactivated user]

I think this is similar to faire in French if I'm not the only one here whose into that romance language as well. It is like "do" in English.

[DavidRussnak]

Marry her! (And for those claiming sexism, help me out here... do women no longer eat sandwiches?)

[nigel1949]

my Italian friends say that a sandwich is "il tramezzino", and "il panino" is a roll!

[AudraSimps]

So in the sentence fa come vuoi (do as you please), fa means (you) do; does it mean both do and make?

[zenito]

fare, like the French "faire" and the Spanish "hacer" means "to perform an action", which means that there is no distinction between "do" and "make". It explains also why French, Italians and Spanish use "do" and "make" without any distinction whatsoever ^^

[SoniaLoram]

It is kind of a bother to learn the difference between "do" and "make" for us Spaniards/Italians/French, haha

[lukas1596]

and the portuguese "fazer".

[MatthewFar3]

Would this also translate as 'she is making a sandwich' ?

[boopsesther]

Does fa mean makes

[David3554]

I just came here to see if anyone else noticed that the translation for "fa" is "ago" or "equal [=]

[sumemon]

Listening to Linguaphone Italian tapes verbs:- Io sono I am,tu saiyou are(informal).lei e you are (formal) no mention of she so why is this not you make a sandwich?

[eterryd]

A "panino" has become a standard menu option here in California, but that's not allowed. (I wonder if Duolingo would want us to call vermicelli "little worms.")

[hagemeijerhans]

IS NOT A SANDWICH JUST A SLICE OF BREAD ? I THOUGHT , SHE IS MAKING A COMPLETE LOAF AND THAT WAS NOT ACCEPTED

[iVixey]

when i hover over "fa" it says "effya" ... what the hell...

[ExSquaredOver2]

In Soviet Russia, sandwich makes YOU

[Randonneur3]

Damn those shops which don't sell the bread without the filling.

[RudolfBari]

Why does "panino" once mean ROLL and when I write the second time ROLL is false and should mean "SANDWICH"?

[MichaelDen630012]

Wife her

[Holsen4]

lolol