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1 lode
f praise* * *lode s.f.1 praise [U]; commendation [U]: lodi sincere, immeritate, sincere, undeserved praise; il comportamento del Presidente fu oggetto di ampia lode, the President's behaviour was highly commended (o widely praised); merita una lode, he deserves praise; riscosse le lodi di tutti, he was praised by everyone; il suo eroismo è degno di lode, his heroism is praiseworthy; vi fu un coro di lodi, there was a chorus of praise; uno spettacolo perfetto, superiore a ogni lode, a perfect performance, beyond all praise // senza infamia e senza lode, without praise or blame2 (glorificazione) praise, laud: lode a Dio!, God be praised!; dar, rendere lode a Dio, to praise God; scrisse un sonetto in lode del principe, he wrote a sonnet in praise of the prince // cantare, celebrare le lodi di qlcu., to sing s.o.'s praises; cantare le proprie lodi, to blow one's own trumpet (o to sing one's own praises); tessere le lodi di qlcu., to be loud in (o to sing) s.o.'s praises3 (merito) merit, credit, praise: tornare a lode di qlcu., to be to s.o.'s credit (o to do s.o. credit); enumerare le lodi di qlcu., to enumerate s.o.'s merits4 (università, scuola) honours (pl.): laurearsi con lode, to graduate with honours; ho preso 30 e lode nell'esame di letteratura italiana, I got full marks in the Italian literature exam; si è laureato con 110 e lode, he got a first (-class degree); 10 e lode, ten out of ten // bene, bravo, dieci e lode!, (fig.) good, well done, ten out of ten!* * *['lɔde]sostantivo femminile1) (elogio) praisedegno di lode — worthy of praise, praiseworthy
tessere le -i di qcn. — to praise sb. highly o loudly
2) relig. praiserendere lode al Signore — to praise o glorify God
3) scol. univ. honours BE, honors AEprendere 30 e lode all'esame di storia — = to get full, top marks in the history exam
laurearsi con 110 e lode — = to graduate with first-class honours BE, to graduate with honors AE, to graduate magna cum laude AE, summa cum laude AE
••* * *lode/'lɔde/sostantivo f.1 (elogio) praise; degno di lode worthy of praise, praiseworthy; tessere le -i di qcn. to praise sb. highly o loudly; tessere le proprie -i to blow one's own trumpet; essere avaro di -i to be grudging in one's praise3 scol. univ. honours BE, honors AE; prendere 30 e lode all'esame di storia = to get full, top marks in the history exam; laurearsi con 110 e lode = to graduate with first-class honours BE, to graduate with honors AE, to graduate magna cum laude AE, summa cum laude AEsenza infamia e senza lode without praise or blame. -
2 strombazzare
strombazzare v.tr. to trumpet: non fa che strombazzare la sua bravura, he does nothing but blow his own trumpet; strombazzare una notizia, to trumpet a piece of news; strombazzare la qualità di un prodotto, to extol the quality of a product (o fam. to puff a product)◆ v. intr.1 (rar.) ( suonar male la tromba) to sound a trumpet, to trumpet2 ( suonare il clacson) to toot, to honk.* * *[strombat'tsare]1. vt(divulgare) to proclaim2. vi* * *[strombat'tsare] 1. 2.* * *strombazzare/strombat'tsare/ [1](aus. avere) (suonare il clacson) to beep repeatedly, to honk repeatedly. -
3 tessere
tessere v.tr. to weave* (anche fig.): il ragno ha tessuto la sua tela, the spider has woven its web; tessere una stoffa, to weave a cloth; tessere in diagonale, to twill; molti hanno tessuto romanzi intorno a questo strano caso, many have woven (o made up) stories around this strange case; tessere una congiura, to weave a plot; tessere un discorso, to compose a speech; tessere gli elogi, le lodi di qlcu., to sing s.o.'s praises.* * *['tɛssere]verbo transitivo2) fig. to weave* [discorso, storia]; to weave*, to plot [trame, inganni]tessere le lodi di qcn. — to praise sb. highly
* * *tessere/'tεssere/ [2]2 fig. to weave* [discorso, storia]; to weave*, to plot [trame, inganni]; tessere le lodi di qcn. to praise sb. highly; tessere le proprie lodi to blow one's own trumpet. -
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