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1 adottivo
genitori adoptivefiglio adopted* * *adozione s.f.1 adoption (anche dir.): adozione a distanza, sponsorship; il mio paese di adozione, my country of adoption (o my adopted country)3 (fig.) ( attuazione) adozione di misure speciali, preventive, adoption of special, preventive measures (o precautions); la visita del presidente richiederà l'adozione di severe misure di sicurezza, the President's visit will call for tight security.* * *[adot'tivo]aggettivo [bambino, paese] adopted; [genitore, famiglia] adoptive* * *adottivo/adot'tivo/[bambino, paese] adopted; [genitore, famiglia] adoptive. -
2 figlio
m (pl -gli) sonavere figli pl have childrenessere figlio unico be an only child* * *figlio s.m.1 son; child*; (fam.) boy: il figlio maggiore, the eldest son; figlio unico, only son; i miei figli, ( maschi e femmine) my children // (dir.): figlio legittimo, illegittimo, legitimate, illegitimate child; stato di figlio legittimo, legitimacy // vieni, figlio mio, come here, my boy; povero figlio, che brutto periodo ha passato!, poor child (o boy) what a hard time he has had! // figlio di papà, spoilt young man (o daddy's boy); figlio di mamma, mummy's boy // figlio di buona donna, di un cane, di puttana, (volg.) son of a bitch // figlio di nessuno, foundling (o waif), (fig.) loner // è figlio d'arte, he is the actor son of an actor father // sei proprio figlio di tuo padre, you are just like your father (o you are a chip off the old block) // tal padre, tal figlio, like father, like son // i figli di Abramo, the sons of Abraham // il Figlio di Dio, the Son of God // i figli della Chiesa, the faithful // 'Figli carissimi', disse il sacerdote, 'Dearly beloved sons and daughters in Christ', said the priest2 (fig.) ( frutto, prodotto) child*, fruit: essere figlio del proprio tempo, to be a child of one's time; il romanticismo è figlio della rivoluzione francese, romanticism is the child (o fruit) of the French Revolution; i figli più illustri della patria, the most illustrious sons of the nation.* * *1) (maschio o femmina) child*avere tre -gli, due maschi e una femmina — to have three children, two sons and a daughter
figlio adottivo, naturale — adopted o adoptive child, natural child
2) (maschio) sonBianco e -gli — amm. Bianco and sons
3) fig. (prodotto) child*, son, creature, product•figlio d'arte — = somebody who follows in his, her father's footsteps (profession, job etc.)
figlio di buona donna o d'un cane volg. figlio di puttana; figlio di nessuno waif, foundling; figlio di papà spreg. spoiled rich young man; figlio di puttana — volg. son of a bitch, motherfucker
••tale padre, tale figlio — prov. like father like son
essere il figlio della serva — to be a nobody o the fifth wheel
* * *figliopl. - gli /'fiλλo, λi/sostantivo m.1 (maschio o femmina) child*; avere tre -gli, due maschi e una femmina to have three children, two sons and a daughter; figlio adottivo, naturale adopted o adoptive child, natural child; coppia senza -gli childless couple; essere figlio unico to be an only child; è proprio figlio di suo padre he's his father's son3 fig. (prodotto) child*, son, creature, product; un figlio del popolo a child of the people; un figlio del nostro tempo a creature of our timestale padre, tale figlio prov. like father like son; essere il figlio della serva to be a nobody o the fifth wheel\figlio d'arte = somebody who follows in his, her father's footsteps (profession, job etc.); figlio di buona donna o d'un cane volg. → figlio di puttana; figlio di nessuno waif, foundling; figlio di papà spreg. spoiled rich young man; figlio di puttana volg. son of a bitch, motherfucker.
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