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m chest( seno) breastpetto di pollo chicken breasta doppio petto double-breasted* * *petto s.m.1 chest; breast: a petto nudo, bare-chested; circonferenza di petto, chest measurement; (mus.) do di petto, high C from the chest; (mus.) voce, nota di petto, voice, note from the chest; malato di petto, consumptive; malattie di petto, chest complaints; battersi il petto, to beat one's chest; (fig.) to beat one's breast; incrociare le braccia sul petto, to fold one's arms across one's chest // petto a petto, face to face // fino al petto, chest-high: immerso nell'acqua fino al petto, up to one's armpits (o chest) in water // prendere, affrontare qlcu., qlco. di petto, to face up to s.o., sthg.2 ( di donna) breast: aveva un bambino al petto, she was nursing a baby (o she had a child at her breast); si stringeva al petto della madre, he clung to his mother's breast // essere forte di petto, to have an ample bosom3 ( cuore, animo) heart: mi sono liberato il petto da un grosso peso, I got a load off my chest; prendersi a petto qlco., to have sthg. at heart5 ( di abito) breast; ( di camicia) front: giacca a doppio petto, a un petto, double-breasted, single-breasted coat.* * *['pɛtto]sostantivo maschile1) (torace) chestmalato di petto — ant. consumptive
2) (seno) bosom, breasts pl.circonferenza di petto — bust size o measurement
stringersi qcn. al petto — to hug o press sb. to one's bosom o breast
3) gastr. breast4) (di abito)••battersi il petto — to beat one's breast, to pound one's chest
prendere qcs. di petto to tackle sth. head-on; prendere qcn. di petto — to face up to sb
* * *petto/'pεtto/ ⇒ 4sostantivo m.1 (torace) chest; essere debole di petto to have a bad chest; petto in fuori! chest out! voce di petto voice from the chest; malato di petto ant. consumptive2 (seno) bosom, breasts pl.; non ha molto petto she's rather small-breasted; circonferenza di petto bust size o measurement; stringersi qcn. al petto to hug o press sb. to one's bosom o breast3 gastr. breast; petto di pollo chicken breast4 (di abito) giacca a un petto single-breasted jacket; giacca (a) doppio petto double-breasted jacketbattersi il petto to beat one's breast, to pound one's chest; prendere qcs. di petto to tackle sth. head-on; prendere qcn. di petto to face up to sb. -
2 circonferenza di petto
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