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1 ingannevole
ingannevole agg. deceitful, deceiving, deceptive; (fuorviante) misleading: un'ingannevole aria di tranquillità, a deceptive air of tranquillity.* * *[ingan'nevole]aggettivo [apparenza, impressione] deceptive, deceiving, misleading; [ parole] deceitful; [ pubblicità] misleading* * *ingannevole/ingan'nevole/[apparenza, impressione] deceptive, deceiving, misleading; [ parole] deceitful; [ pubblicità] misleading. -
2 apparenza
f appearancesalvare le apparenze save face* * *apparenza s.f.1 appearance; ( indizio) indication: in apparenza, seemingly (o to all appearances); giudicando dalle apparenze, to (o by) all appearances; non bisogna giudicare dalle apparenze, you shouldn't judge by appearances; secondo le apparenze, dice il vero, there is every indication that he is telling the truth; introdursi presso qlcu. sotto falsa apparenza, to force one's way in under false pretences; per salvare l'apparenza, for the sake of appearances (o to keep up appearances) // l'apparenza inganna, (prov.) appearances can be deceptive* * *[appa'rɛntsa]sostantivo femminile1) (manifestazione esteriore) appearance, outwardnessgiudicare dalle -e — to judge o go by appearances
l'apparenza inganna — appearances can be deceptive, looks can be deceiving
in apparenza... — on the surface...
2) (aspetto esteriore) appearance, look* * *apparenza/appa'rεntsa/sostantivo f.1 (manifestazione esteriore) appearance, outwardness; salvare le -e to keep up appearances; giudicare dalle -e to judge o go by appearances; non lasciarti ingannare dalle -e! don't be taken in by appearances! l'apparenza inganna appearances can be deceptive, looks can be deceiving; è calmo solo in apparenza he only looks calm; in apparenza... on the surface...; essere solo apparenza to be all show2 (aspetto esteriore) appearance, look. -
3 ingannatore
ingannatore agg. deceiving, deceptive; (fuorviante) misleading: parole ingannatrici, deceiving words -
4 avvolgente
avvolgente agg.2 ( che affascina) fascinating, deceiving.* * *[avvol'dʒɛnte]* * *avvolgente/avvol'dʒεnte/(comodo) [poltrona, cappotto] snug. -
5 bugiardo
1. adj lying2. m, bugiarda f liar* * *bugiardo agg.1 false, lying, untruthful // far bugiardo qlcu., to prove s.o. a liar2 ( ingannevole) deceiving, deceitful◆ s.m. liar.* * *[bu'dʒardo] bugiardo (-a)1. agglying, deceitful2. sm/f* * *[bu'dʒardo] 1.1) (che mente) lying, untruthful2) (falso) false, deceitful2.dare del bugiardo a qcn. — to call sb. a liar
* * *bugiardo/bu'dʒardo/1 (che mente) lying, untruthful2 (falso) false, deceitful(f. -a) liar; dare del bugiardo a qcn. to call sb. a liar. -
6 illudere
deceive* * *illudere v.tr. to deceive, to delude; (fam.) to fool: non cercate d'illudermi, conosco la verità!, don't try to deceive me, I know the truth!; illudere qlcu. con false promesse, to delude s.o. with false promises.◘ illudersi v.rifl. to deceive oneself, to delude oneself; to be under the illusion (that...); (lusingarsi) to flatter oneself: si illudeva di sapere tutto, he flattered himself that he knew everything; non avrai quello che desideri, non illuderti!, you won't have what you wish, don't delude yourself!; mi ero illuso sul suo conto!, I was mistaken about him // non c'è da illudere, don't fool yourself.* * *1. [il'ludere]vb irreg vtto deceive, fool, delude2. vr (illudersi)to deceive o.s., delude o.s.ti illudi se pensi di riavere i soldi — you're deceiving yourself if you think you'll get the money back
si illudeva di trovare qn pronto ad aiutarlo — he mistakenly thought he might find sb ready to help (him)
* * *[il'ludere] 1.verbo transitivo to deceive, to take* in, to delude2.verbo pronominale illudersi1) to deceive oneself, to delude oneself, to fool oneself-rsi di poter fare qcs. — to fool oneself into doing sth.
2) (ingannarsi)-rsi sul conto di qcn. — to be mistaken about sb
* * *illudere/il'ludere/ [11]to deceive, to take* in, to delude; non voglio illuderlo I don't want to raise his expectationsII illudersi verbo pronominale1 to deceive oneself, to delude oneself, to fool oneself; - rsi che to be o labour under the illusion that; -rsi di poter fare qcs. to fool oneself into doing sth.; non illuderti! don't deceive yourself! don't raise your hopes!2 (ingannarsi) -rsi sul conto di qcn. to be mistaken about sb. -
7 l'apparenza inganna
l'apparenza ingannaappearances can be deceptive, looks can be deceiving\————————l'apparenza ingannaprov. appearances can be deceptive.\ -
8 tendente
tendente agg.1 tending; inclined, prone: un carattere tendente alla depressione, a character prone to depression // (econ.) prezzi tendenti al rialzo, prices tending upward // (mat.) tendente a zero, vanishing2 ( che si avvicina) tending (to), verging (on): blu tendente al verde, blue tending to green; un colore tendente al giallo, al verde, a yellowish, greenish colour3 ( mirante) intended (to), aimed (at): un discorso tendente a ingannare, a speech intended to deceive (o aimed at deceiving). -
9 illudere
1. [il'ludere]vb irreg vtto deceive, fool, delude2. vr (illudersi)to deceive o.s., delude o.s.
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