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1 faint
I [feɪnt]1) (slight, weak) [smell, breeze, accent] lieve, leggero; [ sound] lieve; [voice, protest] debole; [ markings] appena visibile; [ recollection] vago; [ chance] minimo2) (dizzy)II [feɪnt]to feel faint — sentirsi debole, svenire
nome svenimento m., mancamento m.III [feɪnt]* * *[feint] 1. adjective1) (lacking in strength, brightness, courage etc: The sound grew faint; a faint light.) debole2) (physically weak and about to lose consciousness: Suddenly he felt faint.) debole, (sul punto di svenire)2. verb(to lose consciousness: She fainted on hearing the news.) svenire3. noun(loss of consciousness: His faint gave everybody a fright.) svenimento- faintly- faintness* * *[feɪnt](smell, breeze, trace) leggero (-a), (outline, mark) indistinto (-a), (sound, voice) fievole, debole, (hope) debole, (idea, recollection, resemblance) vago (-a)2. n3. vi* * *faint (1) /feɪnt/a.1 debole; fievole; flebile; fioco; lieve; indistinto; vago: faint sounds, suoni fievoli; a faint accent, un lieve (o vago) accento; a faint tremor, un lieve (o debole) tremore; faint memories, vaghi ricordi; ricordi confusi; DIALOGO → - At the photocopier- These copies are coming out all faint, queste fotocopie vengono tutte sbiadite2 debole; vago; pallido; timido: a faint hope, una vaga (o debole, remota) speranza; (fam.) I haven't the faintest ( idea), non ne ho la più pallida (o la minima) idea; faint protests, deboli proteste; faint attempt, debole (o timido) tentativo; a faint resemblance, una vaga somiglianza3 debole; spossato; estenuato; sul punto di svenire: faint with hunger, debole per la fame; to feel faint, sentirsi svenire; to grow faint, affievolirsi; indebolirsi● faint-hearted, pusillanime; pauroso; codardo; ( di tentativo) debole: not for the faint-hearted, non indicato per chi è pauroso (o pavido) □ faint-heartedness, pusillanimità; pavidità □ (prov.) Faint heart ne'er won fair lady, amante non sia chi coraggio non ha; chi non risica non rosica.faint (2) /feɪnt/n.1 svenimento; mancamento; perdita di conoscenza (o dei sensi); deliquio: to fall in a (dead) faint, svenire; cadere svenuto; perdere ogni conoscenza2 ► faints.(to) faint /feɪnt/v. i.2 (poet.) languire; indebolirsi● fainting fit, svenimento.* * *I [feɪnt]1) (slight, weak) [smell, breeze, accent] lieve, leggero; [ sound] lieve; [voice, protest] debole; [ markings] appena visibile; [ recollection] vago; [ chance] minimo2) (dizzy)II [feɪnt]to feel faint — sentirsi debole, svenire
nome svenimento m., mancamento m.III [feɪnt] -
2 faintness faint·ness n
['feɪntnɪs](of voice, sound etc) debolezza -
3 distant
['dɪstənt]2) (faint) [memory, hope, similarity] lontano, vago3) (far removed) [ relative] lontano4) (cool) [person, manner] freddo, distaccato* * *1) (far away or far apart, in place or time: the distant past; a distant country; Our house is quite distant from the school.) lontano2) (not close: a distant relation.) distante, a distanza3) (not friendly: Her manner was rather distant.) distante* * *['dɪstənt]2) (faint) [memory, hope, similarity] lontano, vago3) (far removed) [ relative] lontano4) (cool) [person, manner] freddo, distaccato -
4 vague
[veɪg]1) (imprecise) [person, account, idea, memory, rumour, term] vago2) (evasive)to be vague about — essere vago su [plans, past]
3) (distracted) [person, expression] svagato; [ gesture] distratto4) (faint, slight) [sound, smell, taste] lieve; [fear, embarrassment] vago; [ doubt] leggero5) (unsure)* * *[veiɡ]1) (not clear, distinct or definite: Through the fog we saw the vague outline of a ship; She has only a vague idea of how this machine works.) vago2) ((of people) imprecise, or impractical and forgetful: He is always very vague when making arrangements.) vago•- vaguely* * *[veɪg]1) (imprecise) [person, account, idea, memory, rumour, term] vago2) (evasive)to be vague about — essere vago su [plans, past]
3) (distracted) [person, expression] svagato; [ gesture] distratto4) (faint, slight) [sound, smell, taste] lieve; [fear, embarrassment] vago; [ doubt] leggero5) (unsure) -
5 weak
[wiːk]1) [person, part of body] debole; [ health] cagionevole; [ nerves] fragile; [ intellect] mediocre; [ memory] labile; [ chin] sfuggente; [ mouth] cascanteto be weak with o from essere indebolito da; to grow o become weak(er) — [person, pulse] indebolirsi
2) ing. [ structure] debole3) (lacking authority, strength) [government, team] debole; [parent, teacher] privo di polsoweak link o point o spot punto debole (anche fig.); to grow o become weaker [government, team, position] indebolirsi; in a weak moment — in un momento di debolezza
4) (poor) [teacher, pupil] mediocre, scarso; [plot, protest, excuse, argument] debole5) (faint) [light, signal, sound] debole; [tea, coffee] leggero6) econ. [economy, share] debole7) ling. (regular, unaccented) debole* * *[wi:k]1) (lacking in physical strength: Her illness has made her very weak.) debole2) (not strong in character: I'm very weak when it comes to giving up cigarettes.) debole3) ((of a liquid) diluted; not strong: weak tea.) allungato, diluito4) ((of an explanation etc) not convincing.) debole5) ((of a joke) not particularly funny.) piatto•- weakly- weaken
- weakling
- weakness
- have a weakness for* * *[wiːk]1) [person, part of body] debole; [ health] cagionevole; [ nerves] fragile; [ intellect] mediocre; [ memory] labile; [ chin] sfuggente; [ mouth] cascanteto be weak with o from essere indebolito da; to grow o become weak(er) — [person, pulse] indebolirsi
2) ing. [ structure] debole3) (lacking authority, strength) [government, team] debole; [parent, teacher] privo di polsoweak link o point o spot punto debole (anche fig.); to grow o become weaker [government, team, position] indebolirsi; in a weak moment — in un momento di debolezza
4) (poor) [teacher, pupil] mediocre, scarso; [plot, protest, excuse, argument] debole5) (faint) [light, signal, sound] debole; [tea, coffee] leggero6) econ. [economy, share] debole7) ling. (regular, unaccented) debole
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