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1 sorriso
1. past part vedere sorridere2. m smile* * *sorriso s.m.1 smile: ha un bel sorriso, she has a nice smile; un sorriso ironico, an ironical smile; un leggero sorriso, a faint smile; un sorriso affettato, a simper; un sorriso le sfiorò le labbra, a smile hovered on her lips; aveva un sorriso enigmatico, she smiled an enigmatic smile; lo accolsi con il sorriso sulle labbra, I received him with a smile on my lips; abbozzare un sorriso, to smile faintly (o to half smile); trattenere un sorriso, to keep back a smile // avere un sorriso per tutti, (fig.) to have a smile for everyone2 (fig.) smile; pleasantness; sweetness; charm: i sorrisi della fortuna, the smiles of fortune; il sorriso della natura, the charm of nature.* * *[sor'riso]1. ppSee:2. smmi ha fatto un sorriso — he gave me a smile, he smiled at me
* * *[sor'riso]sostantivo maschile smileun ampio sorriso — a broad smile, a grin
fare un sorriso a qcn. — to give sb. a smile
* * *sorriso/sor'riso/sostantivo m.smile; un ampio sorriso a broad smile, a grin; fare un sorriso a qcn. to give sb. a smile; con il sorriso sulle labbra with a smile on one's lips. -
2 vago
(pl -ghi) vague* * *vago agg.1 ( indefinito) vague, faint, indefinite; dim, hazy: un colore vago, an indefinite (o indeterminate) colour; legge vaga, vague law; una conoscenza vaga, a hazy knowledge; idee vaghe, vague ideas; un ricordo vago, a hazy recollection; un sorriso vago, a faint smile (o a ghost of a smile); un sospetto vago, a vague suspicion; una vaga speranza, a faint hope; non ne ho la più vaga idea, I haven't the faintest idea◆ s.m.1 vagueness: un discorso che cade nel vago, a vague answer; tenersi, restare nel vago, to be vague (about sthg.)* * *['vaɡo] vago -a, -ghi, -ghe1. agg(gen) vague2. sm1) vaguenesstenersi nel vago — to keep it all rather vague, stick to generalities
2) Anat vagus (nerve)* * *1.1) (impreciso) [ ricordo] vague, faint, hazy, dim; [ somiglianza] remote, distant, vague; [ sospetto] sneaking, faint; [ risposta] indefinite; (evasivo) [ persona] vague, noncommittal2) anat.3) lett. (leggiadro) graceful, pretty2.sostantivo maschile* * *vago1 (impreciso) [ ricordo] vague, faint, hazy, dim; [ somiglianza] remote, distant, vague; [ sospetto] sneaking, faint; [ risposta] indefinite; (evasivo) [ persona] vague, noncommittal; ho la -a sensazione che I have a sneaking suspicion that; non ne ho la più -a idea I haven't got the vaguest idea2 anat. nervo vago vagus (nerve)3 lett. (leggiadro) graceful, prettyrimanere sul vago to remain vague. -
3 abbozzare
sketchabbozzare un sorriso smile faintly* * *abbozzare1 v.tr.2 (estens.) to sketch, to outline: abbozzare un progetto, to outline a plan; abbozzare un sorriso, to smile faintly (o to give the hint of a smile).* * *I [abbot'tsare]verbo transitivo1) (schizzare) to sketch [tela, ritratto]; fig. to outline, to sketch out [ programma]; to draft [lettera, romanzo]2) fig. (accennare)II [abbot'tsare]abbozzare un sorriso — to give a faint smile, to hint at a smile
* * *abbozzare1/abbot'tsare/ [1]1 (schizzare) to sketch [tela, ritratto]; fig. to outline, to sketch out [ programma]; to draft [lettera, romanzo]2 fig. (accennare) abbozzare un sorriso to give a faint smile, to hint at a smile; abbozzare un gesto to make a vague gesture.————————abbozzare2/abbot'tsare/ [1] -
4 accenno
m ( cenno) gesture( indizio) sign( allusione) hint* * *accenno s.m.1 sign, indication; ( col capo) nod: non dava alcun accenno di miglioramento, he showed no signs of recovery2 (fig.) hint; ( allusione) allusion; ( menzione) mention // fare accenno, to hint (at); ( alludere) to allude (to); ( menzionare) to mention.* * *[at'tʃenno]sostantivo maschile1) (cenno, allusione) hint, mentionfare accenno a — to hint at, to mention
2) (abbozzo)3) (segno)* * *accenno/at't∫enno/sostantivo m.1 (cenno, allusione) hint, mention; fare accenno a to hint at, to mention2 (abbozzo) l'accenno di un sorriso a faint smile3 (segno) un accenno di ripresa a sign of recovery. -
5 sorriso
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6 abbozzare un sorriso
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7 abbozzare vt
[abbot'tsare]2) (fig : idea, progetto) to outline, (contratto) to draftabbozzare un sorriso — to give a faint smile o a hint of a smile
abbozzare un saluto — (con la mano) to half wave, (con un cenno del capo) to half nod
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8 abbozzare
vt [abbot'tsare]2) (fig : idea, progetto) to outline, (contratto) to draftabbozzare un sorriso — to give a faint smile o a hint of a smile
abbozzare un saluto — (con la mano) to half wave, (con un cenno del capo) to half nod
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9 abbozzato
abbozzato agg. ( incompleto) sketchy // un sorriso appena abbozzato, a faint smile; un programma solo abbozzato, a rough programme.* * *[abbot'tsato] 1.participio passato abbozzare I2.* * *abbozzato/abbot'tsato/→ 1. abbozzareII aggettivo[ lavoro] sketchy; [programma, traduzione] rough. -
10 l'accenno di un sorriso
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11 pallido
pale* * *pallido agg.1 pale, pallid; wan: pallido come un morto, as white as death; pallido di paura, pale with fright; diventare pallido, to grow (o to turn) pale (o wan) // viso pallido, paleface3 ( debole) faint, dim, pale: una pallida luce, a dim light; un pallido sorriso, a wan (o bleak) smile4 ( vago) faint, slight: un pallido ricordo di qlco., a faint recollection of sthg.; non ne ho la più pallida idea, I haven't the faintest (o slightest) idea.* * *['pallido]1) [colore, carnagione] pale2) fig. (vago)non ne ho la più -a idea — I haven't the faintest o slightest o foggiest idea
3) (scialbo)* * *pallido/'pallido/1 [colore, carnagione] pale; come sei pallido! you look really pale!3 (scialbo) una -a imitazione a pale imitation.
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