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1 desistere
desistere da desist from* * *desistere v. intr.1 to desist; to cease; to leave* off (sthg., doing); ( rinunciare) to give* up (sthg., doing): dopo molti tentativi inutili desistette, he gave up after many unsuccessful attempts; non desistette dall'idea di andare a Parigi, he did not give up the idea of going to Paris; solo a notte desistette dalle sue ricerche, he did not give up (o leave off) his search till nightfall; desistere dai propri propositi, to give up one's plan; desistere dal fare qlco., to stop (o to desist from) doing sthg.* * *[de'sistere]desistere da qcs. dal fare qcs. — (prima di cominciare) to desist from sth., from doing sth.; (nel mentre) to give up sth., doing sth
* * *desistere/de'sistere/ [21](aus. avere) desistere da qcs., dal fare qcs. (prima di cominciare) to desist from sth., from doing sth.; (nel mentre) to give up sth., doing sth. -
2 disperdere
disperseenergie, sostanze squandernon disperdere nell'ambiente please dispose of carefully* * *disperdere v.tr.1 to disperse, to scatter; to dispel: i poliziotti dispersero i dimostranti, the police dispersed the demonstrators; disperdere un esercito, to disperse (o to rout) an army; disperdere una folla, to disperse (o to break up) a crowd; disperdere le nubi, to disperse (o to scatter) the clouds2 ( consumare, sciupare) to waste, to dissipate: disperdere i propri sforzi, to dissipate one's efforts; disperdere la propria energia, to waste one's energy; disperdere tutto il proprio denaro, to squander (o to fritter away) all one's money // disperdere i voti elettorali, to waste votes3 (fis.) to disperse.◘ disperdersi v.rifl. o intr.pron.1 to disperse, to scatter, to be scattered: la folla ben presto si disperse, the crowd very soon dispersed2 (estens.) to disperse, to be dissipated: il fumo si disperdeva lentamente, the smoke dispersed slowly; i loro tentativi erano isolati e si disperdevano inutilmente, their attempts were both isolated and dispersive; il calore si disperdeva, the heat was dissipated* * *1. [dis'pɛrdere]vb irreg vt"non disperdere nell'ambiente" — (vetro, lattine) "please recycle", (pile, batterie) "please dispose of carefully"
2. vip (disperdersi)* * *[dis'pɛrdere] 1.verbo transitivo1) (sparpagliare) to clear, to disperse, to scatter [ folla]; to break* up [ dimostranti]; to scatter [ animali]3) fis. to disperse [calore, energia]2.* * *disperdere/dis'pεrdere/ [68]1 (sparpagliare) to clear, to disperse, to scatter [ folla]; to break* up [ dimostranti]; to scatter [ animali]3 fis. to disperse [calore, energia]II disperdersi verbo pronominale -
3 fumata
fumata s.f.1 ( ondata di fumo) smoke, puff of smoke2 ( segnale) smoke signal // fumata bianca, nera, ( per l'elezione del Papa) white, black smoke signal; per la formazione del governo è ancora fumata nera!, (fig.) attempts to form a government have failed again* * *[fu'mata]sostantivo femminile smokefumata bianca, fumata nera — relig. = a white, black smoke signal used to indicate whether a new pope has been elected
* * *fumata/fu'mata/sostantivo f.smoke\fumata bianca, fumata nera relig. = a white, black smoke signal used to indicate whether a new pope has been elected. -
4 ripetere
repeatti ho ripetuto mille volte la stessa cosa I've told you the same thing a thousand times* * *ripetere v.tr.1 ( rifare) to repeat: ripetere un esperimento, un errore, un esame, to repeat an experiment, a mistake, an examination; ripetere una classe a scuola, un anno di scuola, to repeat a school year; la squadra vorrebbe ripetere il successo dell'anno prima, the team would like to repeat the success of the previous year // Paganini non ripete!, (scherz.) once is enough2 ( ridire) to repeat, to say* again: ripetere una domanda, to repeat a question; ascoltalo bene perché non ripete mai quello che ha detto, listen to him carefully because he never repeats what he has said; glielo ho ripetuto tante volte, I have told him over and over again; Puoi ripetere? Non ho capito, Can you repeat (o say it again)? I didn't understand; ripetere una poesia, to repeat (o to practise reciting) a poem; (tel.) ripetere un segnale, to repeat a signal // non me lo farò ripetere due volte, I shall not need to be told twice; ripetere qlco. parola per parola, to repeat sthg. word for word; ripetere a memoria, to repeat from memory // far ripetere la lezione a qlcu., to hear s.o.'s lesson3 ( derivare da) to spring* from (sthg.), to be derived from (sthg.): la mitologia romana ripete quella greca, Roman mythology was derived from that of the Greeks4 (dir.) ( rivendicare) to claim back, to reclaim: ripetere l'indebito, to claim back undue payment; ripetere i danni, to claim back damages.◘ ripetersi v.rifl. to repeat oneself: cerca di non ripeterti, try not to repeat yourself; la storia si ripete, history repeats itself◆ v.intr.pron. ( avvenire più volte) to recur: gli episodi di violenza si ripetono sempre più frequentemente, episodes of violence recur with increasing frequency; se si ripeteranno incidenti simili, bisognerà provvedere, if similar incidents recur, steps will have to be taken.* * *[ri'pɛtere]1. vt(parole, tentativo) to repeatscusi, può ripetere? — excuse me, could you repeat that?
ripetere una lezione — (studiarla) to go over a lesson
2. vr (ripetersi)(persona) to repeat o.s.3. vip (ripetersi)(avvenimento, fenomeno) to recur, happen again* * *[ri'pɛtere] 1.verbo transitivo1) (ridire) to repeat3) scol. to repeat [ anno]2.verbo pronominale ripetersi1) (ridire) to repeat oneself2) (ripresentarsi) [errore, problema, sogno, tema] to recur* * *ripetere/ri'pεtere/ [2]1 (ridire) to repeat; puoi ripetere? can you repeat that? non se l'è fatto ripetere (due volte)! he didn't need to be told twice! ripetilo se ne hai il coraggio! I dare you to say that again!2 (rifare) to resit*, to retake* [ esame]; ripetere lo stesso errore to make the same mistake again o twice3 scol. to repeat [ anno]II ripetersi verbo pronominale1 (ridire) to repeat oneself; ripetere che to tell oneself that2 (ripresentarsi) [errore, problema, sogno, tema] to recur; la storia si ripete history repeats itself; che la cosa non si ripeta! don't let it happen again! -
5 successo
1. past part vedere succedere2. m successdi successo successful* * *successo s.m.1 ( esito favorevole) success; ( risultato) outcome: avrà molto successo nella vita, he will be a great success (o he will be very successful) in life; ebbe un successo completo, he was entirely successful; ebbe una serie di successi e di insuccessi, he had a series of successes and failures; ho cercato di farlo, ma senza successo, I have tried to do it but with no success; i suoi tentativi non ebbero alcun successo, his attempts failed completely; quel prodotto ebbe un grande successo presso il pubblico, that product met with the consumers' approval; partecipare con successo alle Olimpiadi, to take part successfully in the Olympic Games; non so quale successo possa avere la tua proposta, I don't know what outcome your proposal can have; ha raggiunto il successo solo con il suo ultimo film, he became successful only with his last film; un film che riscuote grande successo, a very successful film // di successo, successful: una trasmissione di successo, a successful programme; un uomo di successo, a successful man // aver successo con le donne, to be popular with women2 ( discografico, teatrale ecc.) hit, success: i più grandi successi del 1960, the biggest hits of 1960.* * *[sut'tʃɛsso] successo (-a)1. ppSee:2. smavere successo — (persona) to be successful, (idea) to be well received
ho provato, ma senza successo — I tried, but without success, I tried in vain
di successo — (attore, cantante) successful
* * *[sut'tʃɛsso]sostantivo maschile1) success; (vittoria) victory, successavere successo — [ persona] to be successful, to succeed, to meet with success; [ film] to be successful, to be a success
avere successo negli affari — to succeed o be successful in business
senza successo — without success, unsuccessfully
di successo — [canzone, disco] hit attrib.; [film, libro] successful; [ scrittore] successful, best-selling
2) (opera di successo) success, hit* * *successo/sut't∫εsso/sostantivo m.1 success; (vittoria) victory, success; avere successo [ persona] to be successful, to succeed, to meet with success; [ film] to be successful, to be a success; avere successo negli affari to succeed o be successful in business; avere successo presso il pubblico to have popular appeal; avere successo di critica to be a success with critics; avere successo con le donne to have success with women; con successo successfully; senza successo without success, unsuccessfully; di successo [canzone, disco] hit attrib.; [film, libro] successful; [ scrittore] successful, best-selling2 (opera di successo) success, hit; un successo editoriale a best-seller; il suo disco è stato un successo his record was a hit. -
6 tentare
try, attempt( allettare) tempttentare tutto il possibile do everything possible* * *tentare v.tr.1 to try, to attempt, to make* an attempt: ho già tentato diverse volte di entrare, I have already made several attempts to go in; ho tentato, ma senza successo, I have tried, but with no success; tenterò di convincerlo, I shall try to convince him; tentare la fuga, to attempt an escape // tentare la fortuna, to try one's luck // tentare non nuoce, (prov.) there is no harm in trying2 ( indurre in tentazione) to tempt: non tentarmi, non ho tempo di venire, don't tempt me, I have not got time to come; quel dolce mi tenta, that cake is tempting; Sant'Antonio fu tentato dal demonio, St. Anthony was tempted by the devil; sono tentato di andare a vedere, I am tempted to go and see3 (letter.) ( tastare, toccare) to touch, to feel*: tentare le corde di un violino, to touch the strings of a violin* * *[ten'tare]verbo transitivo1) (provare) to attempt, to trytentare di scappare — to tried o attempt to escape
tentare di battere un record — to make an attempt o assault on a record
tentare il tutto per tutto — to make an all-out attempt, to risk one's all
tentare la fortuna, la sorte — to chance o try one's luck, to have a go
2) (allettare) to tempt (anche relig.); [idea, progetto] to seducelasciarsi tentare da — to let oneself be tempted by, to be seduced by
••tentar non nuoce — prov. there's no harm in trying
* * *tentare/ten'tare/ [1]1 (provare) to attempt, to try; tentare di scappare to tried o attempt to escape; tentare di battere un record to make an attempt o assault on a record; tentare l'evasione to attempt escape; tentare il suicidio to attempt suicide; tentare il tutto per tutto to make an all-out attempt, to risk one's all; tentare la fortuna, la sorte to chance o try one's luck, to have a go2 (allettare) to tempt (anche relig.); [idea, progetto] to seduce; l'idea non la tenta molto the idea doesn't appeal to her very much; la torta mi tenta the cake is tempting; lasciarsi tentare da to let oneself be tempted by, to be seduced bytentar non nuoce prov. there's no harm in trying. -
7 vano
1. adj minacce, promesse empty( inutile) vain2. m ( spazio vuoto) hollow( stanza) roommotoring vano portaoggetti glove compartment* * *vano agg.1 ( inutile) vain, useless, fruitless: vane discussioni, fruitless (o useless) discussions; vani sforzi, tentativi, vain (o useless) efforts, attempts2 ( inconsistente) vain, idle, empty: vane speranze, vain hopes; promesse vane, empty (o idle) promises4 (rar.) ( vuoto) empty◆ s.m.1 ( parte vuota) space, opening, room: il vano della finestra, porta, the window, door opening; metterò l'armadio in questo vano, I shall put the wardrobe in this space* * *['vano] vano (-a)1. agg2) (vanitoso) vain, conceited2. sm(spazio vuoto) space* * *['vano] 1.rendere vano — to defeat, to frustrate, to thwart [sforzo, tentativo]
2) (illusorio) [promesse, speranze] vain, empty, idle2.nella -a speranza che — in the fond o forlorn hope that
sostantivo maschilevano motore — aut. engine compartment
vano portaoggetti — aut. glove box o compartment
2) (locale) room* * *vano/'vano/1 (inutile) [sforzo, tentativo] vain, useless, fruitless, pointless; [ rimpianto] futile; rendere vano to defeat, to frustrate, to thwart [sforzo, tentativo]2 (illusorio) [promesse, speranze] vain, empty, idle; nella -a speranza che in the fond o forlorn hope that1 edil. (spazio) space, opening; aut. (alloggiamento) compartment; vano di una porta doorway; vano motore aut. engine compartment; vano portaoggetti aut. glove box o compartment2 (locale) room; un appartamento con tre -i a three-room apartment. -
8 trasformismo sm
[trasfor'mizmo]Pol system whereby a government attempts to hold on to power by forming coalitions to prevent the formation of any credible opposition -
9 trasformista sm/f
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10 ripetere
[ri'pɛtere]1. vt(parole, tentativo) to repeatscusi, può ripetere? — excuse me, could you repeat that?
ripetere una lezione — (studiarla) to go over a lesson
2. vr (ripetersi)(persona) to repeat o.s.3. vip (ripetersi)(avvenimento, fenomeno) to recur, happen again -
11 trasformismo
sm [trasfor'mizmo]Pol system whereby a government attempts to hold on to power by forming coalitions to prevent the formation of any credible opposition -
12 trasformista
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