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1 divagare
digress* * *divagare v. intr.1 (letter.) to wander, to stray, to divagate2 (fig.) to wander, to digress, to stray, to divagate: divagare da un tema, to wander from a subject; non divagare, rispondi alla mia domanda!, stop rambling! Answer my question!* * *[diva'gare]* * *divagare/diva'gare/ [1](aus. avere) to stray, to wander, to ramble on. -
2 parentesi
f bracket( detto) fra parentesi by the byfig aprire una parentesi digress slightly* * *parentesi s.f.1 ( inciso) digression, aside: tra parentesi devo dirti che..., by the way (o incidentally) I must tell you that...; smettila di aprire continue parentesi e arriva al punto, stop beating about the bush and come to the point; chiudiamo questa parentesi e torniamo al discorso principale, let's bring this aside to a close and return to the main subject2 ( segno grafico) parenthesis*, bracket (anche mat.): parentesi aperta, chiusa, open, close bracket (o parentheses); parentesi quadre, tonde, square, round brackets (o parentheses); parentesi graffe, braces (o curly brackets o curly parentheses); mettere tra parentesi, to put in (o between) brackets; mettere una parola tra parentesi, to put a word between brackets (o to bracket a word); togliere le parentesi, to remove (the) brackets3 (fig.) interlude, interval, period: la parentesi delle vacanze mi ha lasciato tempo per riflettere, the interlude of the holidays gave me time to think about it; quei mesi rappresentano una parentesi felice della mia vita, I remember those months as a happy period in my life.* * *[pa'rɛntezi]sostantivo femminile invariabile1) (digressione) digressionaprire una parentesi — to make a digression, to digress
2) (segno tipografico) bracket, parenthesis*tra parentesi — in brackets o parenthesis
tra parentesi... — (a proposito) incidentally..., by the way...
mettere tra parentesi — to put in brackets, to bracket
aperta, chiusa parentesi — open, close bracket
3) (intervallo) interval, break•* * *parentesi/pa'rεntezi/f.inv.1 (digressione) digression; aprire una parentesi to make a digression, to digress2 (segno tipografico) bracket, parenthesis*; tra parentesi in brackets o parenthesis; tra parentesi... (a proposito) incidentally..., by the way...; mettere tra parentesi to put in brackets, to bracket; aperta, chiusa parentesi open, close bracket3 (intervallo) interval, break -
3 digressione
digressione s.f. digression (spec. fig.): fare una digressione, to make a digression (o to wander from the point); perdersi in una digressione, to lose oneself in a digression.* * *[digres'sjone]sostantivo femminile (divagazione) digression* * *digressione/digres'sjone/sostantivo f.(divagazione) digression; fare una digressione to digress. -
4 sconfinare
trespassmilitary cross the border* * *sconfinare v. intr.1 ( in paese straniero) to cross the frontier; ( in proprietà privata) to trespass: sconfinare nelle terre di qlcu., to trespass on s.o.'s land2 (fig.) ( uscire dai limiti) to digress (from sthg.); to stray (from sthg.); to get* off: sconfinare da un argomento, to digress from an argument3 (econ.) to exceed a limit, to overrun* a limit.* * *[skonfi'nare]1) (varcare un confine) [ contrabbandieri] to cross the frontier; [ attività] to overlap (in with); [ persona] to encroach (in upon, on)2) (eccedere) to go* too far3) fig.sconfinare da — to wander off [argomento, tema]
* * *sconfinare/skonfi'nare/ [1](aus. avere)1 (varcare un confine) [ contrabbandieri] to cross the frontier; [ attività] to overlap ( in with); [ persona] to encroach ( in upon, on)2 (eccedere) to go* too far3 fig. sconfinare da to wander off [ argomento, tema]. -
5 aprire una parentesi
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6 fare una digressione
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7 divagare vi
[diva'ɡare]divagare dal tema — to stray o wander from the point
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8 parentesi sf inv
[pa'rɛntezi](segno grafico) bracket, parenthesis, (digressione) digression, parenthesistra parentesi — in brackets, fig incidentally
fare una parentesi fig — to digress
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9 sconfinare vi
[skonfi'nare]to cross the border, (da proprietà) to trespass, (involontariamente) to stray, (fig : uscire dai limiti fissati)sconfinare da — (verità, sentiero) to stray from, (tema, argomento) to digress from, stray from
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10 digredire
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11 divagare
vi [diva'ɡare]divagare dal tema — to stray o wander from the point
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12 parentesi
sf inv [pa'rɛntezi](segno grafico) bracket, parenthesis, (digressione) digression, parenthesistra parentesi — in brackets, fig incidentally
fare una parentesi fig — to digress
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13 sconfinare
vi [skonfi'nare]to cross the border, (da proprietà) to trespass, (involontariamente) to stray, (fig : uscire dai limiti fissati)sconfinare da — (verità, sentiero) to stray from, (tema, argomento) to digress from, stray from
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Digress — Di*gress , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Digressed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Digressing}.] [L. digressus, p. p. of digredi to go apart, to deviate; di = dis + gradi to step, walk. See {Grade}.] 1. To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Digress — Di*gress , n. Digression. [Obs.] Fuller. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
digress — I verb aberrare, alter course, be diffuse, branch out, change direction, depart, detour, deviate, digredi, divagate, divaricate, diverge, divert, drift, expatiate, fly off at a tangent, go astray, meander, ramble, rove, shift, sidestep, sidetrack … Law dictionary
digress — 1520s, from L. digressus, pp. of digredi to go aside, depart (see DIGRESSION (Cf. digression)), or perhaps a back formation from digression. Related: Digressed; digressing … Etymology dictionary
digress — deviate, diverge, depart, *swerve, veer Analogous words: *wander, stray … New Dictionary of Synonyms
digress — [v] stray, deviate aberrate, beat about the bush*, be diffuse, circumlocute, depart, divagate, drift, excurse, get off the point, get off the subject, get sidetracked, go by way of*, go off on a tangent*, long way*, meander, ramble, roam, swerve … New thesaurus
digress — ► VERB ▪ leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing. DERIVATIVES digression noun digressive adjective. ORIGIN Latin digredi step away … English terms dictionary
digress — [di gres′, dīgres′] vi. [< L digressus, pp. of digredi, to go apart < dis , apart + gradi, to go, step: see GRADE] to turn aside; esp., to depart temporarily from the main subject in talking or writing; ramble SYN. DEVIATE … English World dictionary
digress — UK [daɪˈɡres] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms digress : present tense I/you/we/they digress he/she/it digresses present participle digressing past tense digressed past participle digressed if you digress from a subject, you start to talk or… … English dictionary
digress — v. (D; intr.) to digress from * * * [d(a)ɪ gres] (D; intr.) to digress from … Combinatory dictionary
digress — digresser, n. digressingly, adv. /di gres , duy /, v.i. 1. to deviate or wander away from the main topic or purpose in speaking or writing; depart from the principal line of argument, plot, study, etc. 2. Archaic. to turn aside. [1520 30; < L… … Universalium