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['neɪtɪv] 1.1) (original) [ land] nativo, natio; [ tongue] materno2) bot. zool. indigenoto go native — scherz. assumere i costumi del luogo
3) (natural) [cunning, wit] innato2.to be a native of — [person, plant] essere originario di
* * *['neitiv] 1. adjective1) (where one was born: my native land.) natale, natio2) (belonging to that place; local: the native customs/art of Brazil; This animal/plant is native to Australia.) locale, nativo3) (belonging by race to a country: a native Englishman.) nativo4) (belonging to a person naturally: native intelligence.) innato2. noun1) (a person born in a certain place: a native of Scotland; a native of London.) nativo2) (one of the original inhabitants of a country eg before the arrival of explorers, immigrants etc: Columbus thought the natives of America were Indians.) indigeno•- native language/tongue
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- the Nativity* * *['neɪtɪv] 1.1) (original) [ land] nativo, natio; [ tongue] materno2) bot. zool. indigenoto go native — scherz. assumere i costumi del luogo
3) (natural) [cunning, wit] innato2.to be a native of — [person, plant] essere originario di
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2 native speaker
* * *(a person who has spoken a particular language ever since he was able to speak at all: I am a native speaker of English; a native Spanish speaker.) madrelingua* * * -
3 ♦ speaker
♦ speaker /ˈspi:kə(r)/n.2 – (polit., in GB) the Speaker, il Presidente della Camera dei Comuni; (in USA) il Presidente della Camera dei Rappresentanti (al vocat., Mr Speaker, Signor Presidente)FALSI AMICI: speaker non significa speaker nel senso italiano di annunciatore. -
4 speaker *** speak·er n
['spiːkə(r)]he's a good/poor speaker — è un buon/pessimo oratore
2)are you a Welsh speaker? — parla gallese?3) (also: loudspeaker) altoparlante m
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