please may I have a translation of the words " s'fato "  or possibly  
"  'sfato" or possibly "sfato " into English - I'm not sure what the
language is - probably Italian or Italian dialect or possibly spanish
or just possibly some other European language

Hi Michael,
  
The word "sfato" is the past participle of the verb "sfatare", which
means in Italian, to disprove or to refute or to explode.
  
For example:  
 
sfato subito la leggenda.... = soon exploded the legend that.....
  
sfato due miti in un colpo solo.... =  two myths were disproven in one
single go....
 
  
I hope this answers your question fully. If you have any queries,
please request clarification.
 
Best regards
jackburton

That makes great sense  - of course.  Here is the information I
gleaned from a couple of dictionaries  (books) and a website:

I believe "sfato" is from Italian "sfatare", which means destroy or
demystify.  S at the start of some Italian words is a negative prefix,
short for "dis-".  "Disfatto" or "sfatto" means unmade, as an unmade
bed.

Here is a site that may be helpful.  You'll have to click on the
string following  the line:  "If the URL link is valid ..."
http://www.frasi.net/dizionari/inglese-italiano/default.asp?L21=S&SIN=S&vocabolo=sfatare

Then you will find a page with "sfatare" in the box followed by
Italian synonyms and antonyms.  When you click on these, you will get
English translations.

"Sfare" seems to be a contracted form of "sfatare", I found it in a
dictionary that didn't have "sfatare":
http://www.frasi.net/dizionari/inglese-italiano/default.asp?L21=S&SIN=S&vocabolo=sfare

Perhaps only the infinitive form is contracted.

Hope this helps.