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1 fertile
fertile* * *fertile agg.1 fertile, fruitful, productive, rich (anche fig.): suolo fertile, rich (o fertile) soil; fertile fantasia, fertile imagination // (fis. nucleare) materiale fertile, fertile material2 ( di femmina feconda) fertile, prolific.* * *['fɛrtile]1) (fruttuoso) [ terreno] fertile, rich; fig. [ingegno, scrittore] fertile, fecund2) (fecondo) fertile, fecund* * *fertile/'fεrtile/2 (fecondo) fertile, fecund. -
2 fantasia
f fantasy( immaginazione) imagination( capriccio) fancymusic fantasia* * *fantasia s.f.1 ( facoltà creatrice, immaginazione) imagination, fancy: la possente fantasia del nostro poeta, the powerful imagination of our poet; hai una fantasia troppo accesa, your imagination is too vivid; hai troppa fantasia!, you have got too much imagination; privo di fantasia, unimaginative; non hai molta fantasia, you haven't got much imagination; vide in una vetrina un cappello che le colpì la fantasia, she saw a hat in a shop window that caught her fancy; lascia libera la tua fantasia!, give free rein to your imagination; è tutto frutto della tua fantasia, it's all a figment of your imagination2 ( fantasticheria) fantasy, daydream, reverie: spesso mi perdo nelle mie fantasie, I often lose myself in daydreams; sono tutte fantasie, they are all fantasies3 ( desiderio, capriccio) fancy; whim, desire: una fantasia passeggera, a passing fancy (o whim); gli prese la fantasia di andare a Brighton, he took a fancy (o he took it into his head) to go to Brighton4 (riferito a gioielli, abiti ecc.): articoli di fantasia, fancy goods; panciotto fantasia, patterned waistcoat5 (mus.) fantasia6 ( esibizione di cavalieri arabi) fantasia.* * *[fanta'zia] 1.sostantivo femminile1) (immaginazione) imagination, fancyun volo di fantasia — a flight of fancy o of the imagination
non avere fantasia — not to have o to lack imagination
2) (invenzione) fantasy3) (capriccio) fancy, whim4) (di tessuto) pattern5) mus. fantasia, fantasy2.aggettivo invariabile [stoffa, carta] print, patterned, fancy* * *fantasia/fanta'zia/I sostantivo f.1 (immaginazione) imagination, fancy; un volo di fantasia a flight of fancy o of the imagination; una fantasia fervida a fertile imagination; non avere fantasia not to have o to lack imagination; lavorare di fantasia to let oneself be carried away by one's imagination2 (invenzione) fantasy; opera di fantasia fiction; sono tutte -e! it's all make-believe! it's pure fantasy! la realtà supera la fantasia reality is stranger than fiction3 (capriccio) fancy, whim4 (di tessuto) pattern5 mus. fantasia, fantasy[stoffa, carta] print, patterned, fancy. -
3 ricco
(pl -cchi) 1. adj rich, wealthyricco di rich in2. m rich or wealthy man, ricca f rich or wealthy womani ricchi pl the rich* * *ricco agg.1 (che ha molti soldi, beni) rich, wealthy: viene da una famiglia molto ricca, he comes from a very rich family; è ricco dalla nascita, he comes from a wealthy family; una persona ricca, a wealthy person: una ricca ereditiera, a wealthy heiress; essere ricco, to be rich (o wealthy); è diventato ricco col commercio di diamanti, he made his money trading in diamonds // un paese ricco, a rich (o wealthy) country // la ricca borghesia, the wealthy middle class // è ricco sfondato, he is rolling in money (o he has pots of money)2 ( grande, di valore) valuable, precious: un ricco dono, a valuable gift; una ricca eredità, a large (o rich) inheritance3 ( sontuoso, sfarzoso) sumptuous: ricche vesti, sumptuous clothes; dare una ricca festa, to give a lavish party // un ricco pranzo, a sumptuous meal // una ricca dormita, a long (o good) sleep4 ( abbondante) rich (in sthg.), abounding (in sthg.), full, lavish: ricco di fantasia, rich in (o full of) imagination; ricco di idee, di esempi, full of ideas, of examples; ricco di risorse naturali, rich in natural resources; una parete ricca di ornamenti, a richly (o lavishly) decorated wall; terra ricca di minerali, land rich in minerals; la frutta è ricca di vitamine, fruit is rich in vitamins // una gonna ricca, a full skirt // vegetazione ricca, lush (o luxuriant) vegetation // una ricca mancia, a generous (o lavish o handsome) tip* * *['rikko] ricco -a, -chi, -che1. agg2)ricco di — (illustrazioni, idee) full of, (fauna, risorse, proteine, calorie) rich in
2. sm/fi ricchi — the rich, the wealthy
* * *1.1) (benestante) [ persona] rich, wealthy, well off, well-to-do; (prospero) [ paese] rich, wealthyessere ricco sfondato — colloq. to be loaded, to be rolling with money
2) (per abbondanza) [vegetazione, fauna, collezione, vocabolario] rich3) (per contenuto) [terra, pascoli] richricco di — rich in [risorse, vitamine]
4) (lussuoso) [abito, stoffa] rich2.i -chi — the rich, the affluent, the better-off, the wealthy, the well-off, the well-to-do
* * *ricco1 (benestante) [ persona] rich, wealthy, well off, well-to-do; (prospero) [ paese] rich, wealthy; essere ricco di famiglia to come from a wealthy family; essere ricco sfondato colloq. to be loaded, to be rolling with money2 (per abbondanza) [ vegetazione, fauna, collezione, vocabolario] rich3 (per contenuto) [ terra, pascoli] rich; ricco di rich in [ risorse, vitamine]; ricco di boschi densely wooded; la regione è -a di siti archeologici the region is full of archaeological sites4 (lussuoso) [ abito, stoffa] rich( f. -a) rich person; i -chi the rich, the affluent, the better-off, the wealthy, the well-off, the well-to-do; nuovo ricco nouveau riche. -
4 ferace
ferace agg. (letter.) fruitful, fertile, rich, productive (anche fig.): immaginazione ferace, fertile imagination; suolo ferace, fertile soil. -
5 ricco
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6 una fantasia fervida
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7 vulcanico agg
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8 vulcanico
agg [vul'kaniko] vulcanico -a, -ci, -che
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