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m puff* * *soffio s.m.1 puff, whiff; ( violento) blast, gust; ( alito) breath: un soffio d'aria, fumo, vapore, a puff (o whiff) of air, smoke, steam; un soffio di vento, a breath of wind, ( violento) a gust of wind; con un soffio, with a puff: spegnere una candela con un soffio, to blow (o to puff) out a candle; non un soffio d'aria, di vento, not a breath of air; un soffio d'aria calda entrò dalla finestra aperta, a breath of warm wind came in through the open window; è talmente magro che cadrebbe con un soffio, he's so thin that you could blow him over // di un soffio, by a hair's breadth (o by the skin of one's teeth): vincere di un soffio, to win by a hair's breadth // in un soffio, ( in un attimo) in an instant (o in a flash o in the twinkling of an eye), ( sottovoce) in a whisper: parola mormorata in un soffio, word uttered in a whisper2 ( verso del gatto) spitting, hissing* * *1) breath, puff2) med.3) fig.essere a un soffio da — to be within an ace o a hair's breadth of
in un soffio — in an instant, in less than no time, in the bat of an eye
* * *soffiopl. -fi /'soffjo, fi/sostantivo m.1 breath, puff; spegnere una candela con un soffio to blow out a candle; soffio di vento breath of wind2 med. soffio al cuore heart murmur3 fig. essere a un soffio da to be within an ace o a hair's breadth of; vincere per un soffio to win by a hair's breadth; in un soffio in an instant, in less than no time, in the bat of an eye. -
2 essere a un soffio da
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