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1 tic
m invar di orologio tickmedicine tic* * *tic s.m.* * *[tik] 1. 2.sostantivo maschile invariabile (involontario) tic, twitch* * *tic/tik/tic tac tick; fare tic tac to tickII m.inv.(involontario) tic, twitch; essere pieno di tic to be constantly twitching. -
2 minuto
1. adj persona tinyoggetto minutedescrizione, indagine detailed2. m minute60 pulsazioni al minuto 60 beats a minuteho i minuti contati I don't have a minute to spare* * *minuto1 agg.1 (piccolo) minute, small, tiny: calligrafia minuta, small (o minute) handwriting; oggetti minuti, small (o tiny) objects; carbone minuto, tiny pieces of a coal; persona di ossatura minuta, a small-boned person; pioggia minuta, drizzle // (cuc.) frittura minuta, small fry // bestie minute, small stock2 (delicato) delicate; (gracile) frail: lineamenti minuti, delicate features; un bambino minuto, a frail child3 (dettagliato) detailed; (minuzioso) minute: una minuta spiegazione, a detailed explanation; fece minute indagini sul delitto, he made minute inquiries into the crime; un piano studiato nei più minuti particolari, a plan studied to the last detail; un minuto resoconto, a detailed account4 (accessorio, di poco conto) petty, trivial: occupazioni minute, trivial jobs; spese minute, petty expenses; denaro per i minuti piaceri, pocket money // popolo minuto, the common people, (spreg.) the mob◆ s.m.1 (comm.) al minuto, (by) retail: commerciante al minuto, retailer; prezzo al minuto, retail price; vendere al minuto, to retail (o to sell by retail); comprare al minuto, to buy retail2 (minuzie) details (pl.) // cadere nel minuto, to get bogged down in details.minuto2 s.m.1 minute: minuto secondo, primo, second, minute; mancano dieci minuti alle cinque, it is ten (minutes) to five; sono le quattro e venti minuti, it is twenty (minutes) past four; ogni minuto mi sembrava un'ora, every minute seemed an hour to me; ogni cinque minuti c'è un autobus, every five minutes there's a bus; abitiamo a cinque minuti da un parco, we live five minutes from a park // il mio orologio spacca il minuto, my watch is dead on time // contare i minuti, to count the minutes // stare al minuto, guardare il minuto, (fig.) to be a stickler for punctuality2 (fig.) (pochissimo tempo) minute, moment: non ho mai un minuto di pace, di calma, I never have a moment of peace, of calm (o of rest); quel bimbo non sta fermo un minuto, that child doesn't keep still for a moment; in un minuto, tra un minuto, in a minute; sarò qui tra un minuto, I'll be here in a minute; aspetta, è una questione di due, di pochi minuti, wait, it's a matter of minutes // presto, non c'è un minuto da perdere!, quick, we can't afford to waste a moment! // avere i minuti contati, to have very little time // ogni (mezzo) minuto, every minute, all the time; non è possibile, mi interrompe ogni minuto!, it's impossible, he interrupts me every minute (o all the time) // di minuto in minuto, (da un momento all'altro) any minute, (di momento in momento) every moment, from one moment to the next; lo aspettiamo di minuto in minuto, we're expecting him any minute; la tensione aumentava di minuto in minuto, the tension was increasing every moment (o from one moment to the next).* * *I 1. [mi'nuto]2) (esile) [ persona] tiny, slight; [ donna] petite; (delicato) [ lineamenti] delicate, fine2.sostantivo maschileII [mi'nuto]comprare, vendere al minuto — to buy, sell retail
sostantivo maschile1) (unità di tempo) minute2) (momento) minute, moment(solo) un minuto — half a minute o second o tick BE colloq.
a -i — (a momenti) at any moment, anytime
••avere i -i contati — to be hard-pressed for time, to work against the clock
spaccare il minuto — [ persona] to be dead on time; [ orologio] to keep perfect time
* * *minuto1/mi'nuto/2 (esile) [ persona] tiny, slight; [ donna] petite; (delicato) [ lineamenti] delicate, fine; di corporatura -a small-bodied; di ossatura -a fine-bonedvendita al minuto retail; prezzo al minuto retail price; comprare, vendere al minuto to buy, sell retail.————————minuto2/mi'nuto/ ⇒ 19, 13sostantivo m.1 (unità di tempo) minute; è a circa dieci -i di cammino it's about ten minutes' walk2 (momento) minute, moment; (solo) un minuto half a minute o second o tick BE colloq.; hai un minuto? can you spare a minute? non c'è un minuto da perdere there's not a moment to lose; l'angoscia aumenta di minuto in minuto fear is mounting by the minute; a -i (a momenti) at any moment, anytime; un cambiamento dell'ultimo minuto a last-minute changeavere i -i contati to be hard-pressed for time, to work against the clock; spaccare il minuto [ persona] to be dead on time; [ orologio] to keep perfect time. -
3 tic tac
tic tac s.m. ( voce onomatopeica riproducente il battito dell'orologio) tick-tock, tick-tack: l'orologio faceva tic tac, the clock was ticking (o went tick-tock).* * *tic tactick\→ tic -
4 ticchettare
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