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1 tortuoso
( sinuoso) winding( ambiguo) devious* * *tortuoso agg.1 tortuous; winding; meandering2 (fig.) tortuous; convoluted; ( poco leale) devious: mezzi tortuosi, devious ways; ragionamento tortuoso, tortuous argument; un discorso tortuoso, a convoluted speech.* * *[tortu'oso]1) (pieno di curve) [percorso, strada] winding, tortuous, devious, twisting* * *tortuoso/tortu'oso/1 (pieno di curve) [percorso, strada] winding, tortuous, devious, twisting -
2 obliquo
"oblique, skew;Schräg;em diagonal"* * *oblique* * *obliquo agg.1 oblique; ( inclinato) slanting: (anat.) muscolo obliquo, oblique muscle; (astr.) sfera obliqua, oblique sphere; scrittura obliqua, slanting handwriting; occhiata obliqua, sidelong glance; pioggia obliqua, driving rain2 (fig.) ( indiretto) indirect, roundabout; ( ambiguo) devious, oblique, tortuous, underhand: per vie oblique, indirectly (o in a roundabout way); riuscì a ottenere il potere con mezzi obliqui, he achieved power by devious (o underhand) means* * *[o'blikwo]caso obliquo — ling. oblique case
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3 subdolo
underhand* * *subdolo agg. underhand, sly; devious; ( falso, ingannevole) deceitful; ( sfuggente) shifty: non fidarti di lui, è un uomo subdolo, don't trust him, he is a sly man; non lasciarti ingannare dalle sue maniere subdole, don't be taken in by his devious ways.* * *['subdolo]aggettivo underhand, sly, sneaky* * *subdolo/'subdolo/underhand, sly, sneaky. -
4 traverso
andare di traverso di cibi go down the wrong wayper vie traverse by devious means* * *traverso agg.1 transverse, cross, crosswise: una strada traversa, a cross (o side) road; un canale traverso, a side channel // per vie traverse, (fig.) ( indirettamente) indirectly; by roundabout means; ( in modo poco onesto) by underhand (o shady) methods◆ s.m.1 ( estensione di un corpo nella sua larghezza) width // di traverso: l'auto finì di traverso in mezzo alla strada, the car ended up crosswise in the middle of the road; l'hai appeso di traverso, you have hung it crooked; il mio piano andò di traverso, my plan went wrong (o awry); andare di traverso, ( di cibo) to go the wrong way; avere il cappello di traverso, to have one's hat on askew; guardare qlcu. di traverso, (fig.) to look askance at s.o. // andare per traverso, (fig.) to go wrong (with s.o.): gli va tutto per traverso, everything goes wrong with him // (meteor.) vento di traverso, crosswind2 (non com.) ( oggetto posto di traverso) crosspiece, transom, traverse: una porta sbarrata da due traversi, a door barred with two transoms* * *[tra'vɛrso] traverso (-a)1. aggcross attr, transverse2.di traverso avv — sideways
andare di traverso — (cibo) to go down the wrong way
* * *[tra'vɛrso] 1.1) (trasversale) transverse, cross attrib.2) mus.2.sostantivo maschile1) (larghezza) width2) di traverso, per traverso (in posizione trasversale) across, crosswise; (obliquamente) aslant, slantingly, askew; (di lato) sidewaysun'auto era messa di o per traverso sulla strada a car was sideways, blocking the road; si è messo il cappello di traverso he put his hat on askew; camminare di traverso to walk sideways; andare di traverso [cibo, bevanda] to go down the wrong way; oggi mi va tutto di traverso fig. everything's going wrong today; guardare qcn. di traverso — fig. to look askance at sb., to give sb. a dirty look
* * *traverso/tra'vεrso/1 (trasversale) transverse, cross attrib.; via -a side street2 mus. flauto traverso transverse flute1 (larghezza) width2 di traverso, per traverso (in posizione trasversale) across, crosswise; (obliquamente) aslant, slantingly, askew; (di lato) sideways; essere coricato di traverso sul letto to be lying across the bed; un'auto era messa di o per traverso sulla strada a car was sideways, blocking the road; si è messo il cappello di traverso he put his hat on askew; camminare di traverso to walk sideways; andare di traverso [cibo, bevanda] to go down the wrong way; oggi mi va tutto di traverso fig. everything's going wrong today; guardare qcn. di traverso fig. to look askance at sb., to give sb. a dirty look. -
5 obliquo agg
[o'blikwo] obliquo (-a)(gen) Mat oblique, (calligrafia, raggi) slanting, fig devious, underhand -
6 obliquo
agg [o'blikwo] obliquo (-a)(gen) Mat oblique, (calligrafia, raggi) slanting, fig devious, underhand
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