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1 difficoltà
f invar difficultysenza difficoltà easily, without any difficulty* * *difficoltà s.f.1 ( l'essere difficile) difficulty: la difficoltà di un lavoro, un compito, the difficulty of a job, a task2 ( sforzo, fatica) difficulty; effort; strain: parlare, camminare con difficoltà, to speak, to walk with difficulty; raggiunse la cima con difficoltà, with great effort he reached the summit3 ( ostacolo; situazione difficile) trouble, problem, difficulty: superare una difficoltà, to overcome a difficulty; le difficoltà della vita, life's troubles; incontrare mille difficoltà, to run into hundreds of problems; la difficoltà sta nel fatto che..., the trouble is that...; se ci sono difficoltà fammelo sapere, let me know if there are problems; tutto si svolse senza difficoltà, everything went off without a hitch; un'organizzazione che aiuta le persone in difficoltà, an organization that helps people in trouble; mi sono trovata in difficoltà a rispondere alla sua domanda, I had difficulty in answering his question // (comm.): difficoltà di cassa, cash stringency; essere in difficoltà finanziarie, to be in (financial) difficulties (o to be in financial straits)4 ( obiezione, opposizione) objection: fare, sollevare difficoltà, to raise (o to make) objections; ha fatto difficoltà a venire con noi, he objected to coming with us; non ho alcuna difficoltà ad ascoltarti, I have no objection to listening to you.* * *[diffikol'ta]sostantivo femminile invariabile1) (complessità) difficultytrovare difficoltà a fare — to find difficulty (in) doing, to find it difficult to do
faccio difficoltà ad accettare quest'idea — I have difficulty with that idea, I find it difficult to accept that idea
2) (situazione difficile) difficulty, troublein difficoltà — [ persona] in difficulty o trouble
mettere qcn. in difficoltà — to give sb. trouble, to make things difficult for sb
3) (ostacolo) difficulty, problem(non) senza difficoltà — with no (little) difficulty, (not) without difficulty o difficulties
avere difficoltà in francese — to have difficulties o problems with French
4) (obiezione) difficulty* * *difficoltà/diffikol'ta/f.inv.1 (complessità) difficulty; trovare difficoltà a fare to find difficulty (in) doing, to find it difficult to do; faccio difficoltà ad accettare quest'idea I have difficulty with that idea, I find it difficult to accept that idea2 (situazione difficile) difficulty, trouble; in difficoltà [ persona] in difficulty o trouble; mettere qcn. in difficoltà to give sb. trouble, to make things difficult for sb.3 (ostacolo) difficulty, problem; creare difficoltà to give trouble; essere in difficoltà finanziarie to be in financial straits; (non) senza difficoltà with no (little) difficulty, (not) without difficulty o difficulties; avere difficoltà in francese to have difficulties o problems with French4 (obiezione) difficulty; non ha fatto alcuna difficoltà she didn't raise a single objection. -
2 mancanza
f lack (di of)( errore) oversightmancanza di abitazioni housing shortagemancanza di corrente power failuremancanza di personale lack of staff, staff shortageper mancanza di tempo for lack of time* * *mancanza s.f.1 lack, deficiency; want; shortage; (assenza) absence: mancanza di affetto, lack of affection; mancanza di coraggio, lack of courage; mancanza di tempo, lack of time; mancanza di denaro, lack (o shortage) of money; mancanza di manodopera, shortage of labour; mancanza di immaginazione, want of imagination; mancanza di educazione, bad manners; il tuo atteggiamento denota mancanza di comprensione, your behaviour shows lack of understanding; il bambino soffre la mancanza di una figura paterna, the child suffers from the lack of a father figure; durante la sua mancanza, during his absence; sentire la mancanza di qlcu., to miss s.o.; sente la mancanza dei suoi amici, he misses his friends; sento molto la tua mancanza, I miss you very much // in mancanza di, failing (o for want of), (in assenza di) in the absence of: in mancanza del presidente, firmerà il segretario, in the absence of the chairman, the secretary will sign; in mancanza di verdura fresca potremmo mangiare verdura surgelata, if we don't have fresh vegetables, we could eat some frozen ones; in mancanza di meglio andammo al cinema, for want of something better to do we went to the cinema // per mancanza di, for want (o lack) of: fu assolto per mancanza di prove, he was acquitted for lack of evidence; molte persone soffrono per mancanza di cibo, many people suffer from lack of food // (dir.): mancanza di testimoni, absence of witnesses; mancanza di testamento, intestacy; mancanza di giurisdizione, lack (o want) of jurisdiction // ( banca): mancanza di copertura, no funds (o insufficient funds o absence of consideration); mancanza di credito, credit stringency2 (errore, fallo) fault; (difetto) defect, shortcoming: una lieve mancanza, a slight fault; questa è una grave mancanza da parte sua, this is a bad fault on his part; commettere una mancanza imperdonabile, to make an unforgivable mistake; supplire alle proprie mancanze, to make up for one's shortcomings3 (non com.) (svenimento) fainting.* * *[man'kantsa]sostantivo femminile1) (insufficienza) (di acqua, immaginazione) lack; (di personale, manodopera) shortage; (di denaro) lack, shortage2) (assenza) absence, lackin mancanza di — in the absence of, in default of
in mancanza del miele utilizzate lo zucchero — if you have no honey, use sugar
3) (colpa) fault, mistakecommettere una mancanza — to make a mistake, to commit a fault
rimediare alle -e di qcn. — to make up for sb.'s shortcomings
* * *mancanza/man'kantsa/sostantivo f.1 (insufficienza) (di acqua, immaginazione) lack; (di personale, manodopera) shortage; (di denaro) lack, shortage; mancanza di prove lack of proof2 (assenza) absence, lack; in mancanza di in the absence of, in default of; in mancanza del miele utilizzate lo zucchero if you have no honey, use sugar; in mancanza di meglio for want of anything better; sento la sua mancanza I miss him3 (colpa) fault, mistake; commettere una mancanza to make a mistake, to commit a fault; rimediare alle -e di qcn. to make up for sb.'s shortcomings. -
3 penuria
f shortage (di of)penuria di alloggi housing shortage* * *penuria s.f. shortage, scarcity: penuria d'acqua, shortage (o scarcity) of water; penuria di insegnanti, shortage (o scarcity) of teachers; penuria di alloggi, housing shortage; penuria di mezzi, lack of means; penuria di operai specializzati, shortage (o scarcity) of skilled labour; penuria di materie prime, scarcity of raw materials; far fronte alla penuria di risorse naturali, to make up for the shortage of natural resources; c'era gran penuria di notizie, there was a great dearth of news // (fin.): penuria di capitali, shortage of capital; penuria di fondi, lack of funds; penuria creditizia, credit stringency.* * *[pe'nurja]sostantivo femminile shortage, scarcity, lack* * *penuria/pe'nurja/sostantivo f.shortage, scarcity, lack. -
4 scarsezza
f, scarsità f shortage, scarcityscarsezza di viveri food shortage* * *scarsezza, scarsità s.f. scarceness, scarcity, shortage; ( mancanza) lack: scarsezza di acqua, scarcity (o shortage) of water; scarsezza di ingegno, lack of intelligence // (econ.): scarsezza di denaro, stringency (o shortage) of money; scarsezza di manodopera, labour shortage; scarsezza di personale, lack of personnel; scarsezza di materie prime, scarcity of raw materials; scarsezza di fondi, lack of funds; scarsezza di liquidità, lack of liquidity // (fin.) scarsezza di dollari, ( sul mercato valutario) dollar gap.* * *[skar'settsa]sostantivo femminile shortage, scarceness, scarcity* * *scarsezza/skar'settsa/sostantivo f.shortage, scarceness, scarcity; la scarsezza di visitatori the small number of visitors; scarsezza di mezzi lack of means. -
5 stretta
f holdstretta di mano handshakemettere qualcuno alle strette put s.o. in a tight corner* * *stretta s.f.1 grasp, hold, grip, clasp: la sua stretta quasi mi soffocava, his hold was almost choking me; allentare la stretta, to release one's hold (o grasp) // stretta di mano, handshake: dare una stretta di mano a qlcu., to shake hands with s.o.2 ( dolore) pang, stab of pain: una stretta allo stomaco, a stab of pain in one's stomach; provare una stretta al cuore, to feel a pang in one's heart3 ( calca) crush, throng, press: fu preso nella stretta della folla, he was caught in the crush of the crowd4 ( situazione difficile) difficult situation, predicament, dire straits (pl.), (fam.) tight spot, fix: essere alle strette, to be in dire straits; era alle strette, he was in dire straits (o he was in a tight spot); mettere alle strette, to put s.o. with his back against the wall5 ( momento culminante) climax, critical moment, critical point, culmination: giungere alla stretta finale, to reach the climax7 (econ.) squeeze, tightness: stretta salariale, wage squeeze // (fin.): stretta creditizia, credit squeeze (o tightness o stringency); stretta monetaria, monetary squeeze (o tight money)8 (mus.) stretta, stretto.* * *['stretta]sostantivo femminile1) (atto di stringere) grasp, grip, clasp, graballentare la stretta — to release one's hold, to loosen one's grip
2) (forte abbraccio) embrace, hug3) fig. (fitta)4) econ.stretta creditizia — credit freeze o squeeze
••essere alle -e — to be in a tight corner, to have one's back to the wall
mettere qcn. alle -e — to drive o force sb. into a corner, to put sb. on the spot
* * *stretta/'stretta/sostantivo f.1 (atto di stringere) grasp, grip, clasp, grab; allentare la stretta to release one's hold, to loosen one's grip; stretta di mano handshake; scambiarsi una stretta di mano to shake hands2 (forte abbraccio) embrace, hugessere alle -e to be in a tight corner, to have one's back to the wall; mettere qcn. alle -e to drive o force sb. into a corner, to put sb. on the spot; venire alla stretta finale to reach the climax.
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