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f ( povertà) poverty( infelicità) miserycostare una miseria cost next to nothing* * *miseria s.f.1 (estrema povertà) poverty, destitution: vivere nella miseria, to live in poverty; andare in miseria, to fall into poverty; (o destitution); essere ridotto in miseria, to be reduced to destitution (o poverty o fam. to be down and out) // piangere miseria, to plead (o to complain of) poverty // miseria nera, dire poverty // porca miseria!, miseria ladra!, damn (it)! (o blast!)2 (meschinità) meanness, vileness: la sua miseria d'animo mi disgusta, his meanness disgusts me; miseria morale, intellettuale, moral, intellectual impoverishment3 (inezia) trifle; (esiguità) pittance: questo vaso costa una miseria, this vase only costs a trifle; l'ho comprato per una miseria, (fam.) I bought it for a song; litigare per una miseria, to quarrel over nothing (o a trifle); guadagnare una miseria, to work for a mere pittance4 pl. (disgrazie) misfortunes, troubles: le miserie della vita, the troubles (o misfortunes) of life5 (bot.) (erba) miseria, (Tradescantia vulgaris) spiderwort; (Cotyledon umbilicus-veneris) pennywort, Venus's navelwort.* * *[mi'zɛrja]sostantivo femminile1) (povertà) poverty, destitutionvivere nella miseria — to live in poverty o squalor
cadere in miseria — to fall on hard times, to become destitute
piangere miseria — to bewail one's poverty, to poor-mouth AE colloq.
2) (grettezza) meanness, baseness3) (sventura)costare una miseria — to cost a trifle o next to nothing
••porca miseria! — holy cow o smoke! damn it!
* * *miseria/mi'zεrja/sostantivo f.1 (povertà) poverty, destitution; vivere nella miseria to live in poverty o squalor; cadere in miseria to fall on hard times, to become destitute; essere ridotto in miseria to be reduced to poverty; piangere miseria to bewail one's poverty, to poor-mouth AE colloq.2 (grettezza) meanness, baseness; nascondere le proprie -e to conceal one's baseness3 (sventura) le -e della vita the troubles of life4 (somma ridicola) guadagnare una miseria to earn a mere pittance; la pagano una miseria she's paid peanuts; costare una miseria to cost a trifle o next to nothingper la miseria! good heavens! porca miseria! holy cow o smoke! damn it! -
2 miseria sf
[mi'zɛrja]1) (povertà) (extreme) poverty, destitutionporca miseria! fam — (bloody) hell!
2)comprare qc per una miseria — to buy sth for next to nothing o for a song3)miserie sfpl — (brutture) misfortunes, troubles
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3 miseria
sf [mi'zɛrja]1) (povertà) (extreme) poverty, destitutionporca miseria! fam — (bloody) hell!
2)comprare qc per una miseria — to buy sth for next to nothing o for a song3)miserie sfpl — (brutture) misfortunes, troubles
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4 essere ridotto in miseria
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5 ridurre
reduce (a to)prezzi, sprechi reduce, cutpersonale reduce, cut backridurre al silenzio reduce to silenceinformation technology ridurre a icona minimize* * *ridurre v.tr.1 to reduce, to cut* (down); to curtail; to shorten: ridurre il personale, to cut (down) (o to reduce) the staff; ridurre il prezzo di un articolo, to reduce (o to lower o to bring down) the price of an article; ridurre le spese, lo stipendio, to reduce expenses, wages; ridurre una vacanza, to curtail (o to cut short) a holiday; ridurre la velocità, to reduce speed; (econ.) ridurre il capitale, to reduce capital; ridurre il tasso di sconto, to reduce the discount rate; stiamo cercando di ridurre i tempi, we are trying to shorten (o cut) the time // ridurre un'opera letteraria, to abridge a literary work // (mar.) ridurre la velatura, to shorten (o to take in) sail2 ( convertire) to convert, to reduce, to change; ( far diventare) to turn into: ogni volta che vengono gli amici mi riducono la casa un porcile, every time my friends come they turn the house into a pigsty; l'hotel Cavour è stato ridotto in appartamenti l'anno scorso, last year the Hotel Cavour was converted into flats // prima riduci quei dati in metri, first convert those data into metres; ridurre in pezzi, to break into pieces; ridurre in polvere, to turn to dust, to pulverize; ridurre qlco. in briciole, to crumble sthg. up3 ( adattare) to adapt: (cinem.) ridurre per lo schermo, to adapt for the screen; ridurre un testo per le scuole, to adapt (o to simplify) a text for schools4 (chim.) to reduce: ridurre lo stato di ossidazione di un atomo, to reduce the oxidation state of an atom; ridurre nitrogruppi ad aminogruppi, to reduce nitro groups to amino groups; (metall.) ridurre un minerale di rame a rame metallico, to reduce a copper ore to metallic ore5 to reduce: (mat.) ridurre una frazione ai minimi termini, to reduce a fraction to its lowest terms6 (indurre, portare a) to drive*, to reduce; to bring*: ridurre alla disperazione, to drive to despair; ridurre in miseria, al silenzio, to reduce to poverty, to silence; ridurre qlcu. all'obbedienza, to force s.o. to obedience; ridurre in rovina, in fin di vita, to bring to ruin, to the brink of death; fu ridotto a rubare, a mendicare, he was reduced (o driven) to steal, to beg; lo ridurranno alla pazzia, pazzo, they'll drive him mad // la malattia l'ha ridotto male, the illness has left him in a sorry state (o in a bad way); nell'incidente ha ridotto a, in pezzi l'auto, he made a wreck of his car in the accident7 (un abito ecc.) to take* in (a dress)8 (frattura ecc.) to set*; to reduce: ridurre una frattura, to set a broken bone9 (rar.) ( ricondurre) to bring* back, to take* back: ridurre il gregge all'ovile, to bring back the sheep to the fold // ridurre qlcu. alla ragione, to make s.o. see reason.◘ ridursi v.intr.pron.1 to reduce oneself, to come* (down): non volevo ridurmi a questo, I didn't want to come to this; si ridusse a vendere i suoi mobili, he was reduced (o driven) to selling his furniture; le spese si riducono a poco, the expenses come (down) to very little; si riduce sempre all'ultimo a fare le valigie, he always leaves it to the last minute to pack; ridurre allo stretto necessario, to confine oneself to what is strictly necessary2 ( diminuire) to diminish, to decrease; (econ.) ( calcolare) to go* down, to drop: le possibilità di successo si sono ridotte, the possibilities of success have diminished (o decreased); i prezzi si sono ridotti, prices have gone down3 ( diventare) to be reduced, to become*: si è ridotto a pelle e ossa, he was reduced to (o became) skin and bone (o to a skeleton)* * *1. [ri'durre]vb irreg vt1) (gen) Mat to reduce, (prezzo) to reduce, cut, bring down, (pressione) to lessen, (produzione) to cut (back), lower, (spese) to cut down on, cut back on2) (opera letteraria: per la radio, TV) to adapt, (accorciare) to abridge, (brano musicale) to arrange3)ridurre qc in cenere — to reduce sth to ashesè proprio ridotto male o mal ridotto — (oggetto) it's really in bad condition, (persona) he's really in a bad way
2.ridursi vip
1)ridursi (a) — to be reduced (to), (fig : questione, problema) to come down (to)2)ridursi male — to be in a bad state o way* * *[ri'durre] 1.verbo transitivo1) (diminuire) to reduce, to cut* [imposte, spese, costi, personale]; to reduce [dimensioni, velocità, distanza]; to reduce, to shorten [ durata]; to narrow [ divario]; to reduce, to lessen [rischi, probabilità]; to reduce, to bring* down [ disoccupazione]; to reduce, to limit [scelta, influenza]ridurre l'inflazione dell'1% — to cut 1% off inflation
2) (nelle dimensioni) to reduce [foto, documento]; to cut*, to abridge [ testo]3) (trasformare) to reduce (in to)ridurre qcs. in polvere — to reduce o crush sth. to (a) powder
ridurre qcs. a brandelli — to tear sth. to ribbons o shreds
4) (obbligare)ridurre qcn. al silenzio, in miseria — to reduce sb. to silence, to begging
5) med. to reset* [ osso fratturato]2.verbo pronominale ridursi1) (diminuire) [costi, ritardo] to be* reduced; [rischi, spese, velocità, disoccupazione, livello] to decrease; [ divario] to narrow, to close2) (limitarsi)3) (diventare)••* * *ridurre/ri'durre/ [13]1 (diminuire) to reduce, to cut* [imposte, spese, costi, personale]; to reduce [dimensioni, velocità, distanza]; to reduce, to shorten [ durata]; to narrow [ divario]; to reduce, to lessen [rischi, probabilità]; to reduce, to bring* down [ disoccupazione]; to reduce, to limit [scelta, influenza]; ridurre il consumo di alcolici to cut down on alcohol; ridurre l'inflazione dell'1% to cut 1% off inflation; ridurre di un quarto to reduce by a quarter2 (nelle dimensioni) to reduce [foto, documento]; to cut*, to abridge [ testo]3 (trasformare) to reduce (in to); ridurre qcs. in polvere to reduce o crush sth. to (a) powder; ridurre qcs. a brandelli to tear sth. to ribbons o shreds4 (obbligare) ridurre qcn. al silenzio, in miseria to reduce sb. to silence, to begging5 med. to reset* [ osso fratturato]II ridursi verbo pronominale1 (diminuire) [costi, ritardo] to be* reduced; [rischi, spese, velocità, disoccupazione, livello] to decrease; [ divario] to narrow, to close2 (limitarsi) tutto si riduce al fatto che it all comes down to the fact that3 (diventare) la sua voce si ridusse a un sussurro his voice dropped to a whisper; la strada si riduceva a un sentiero the road narrowed to a track- rsi all'ultimo (momento) to leave things to the last minute.
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