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1 infrangere
break* * *infrangere v.tr.1 to shatter, to crush, to smash; to break* (anche fig.): infrangere la resistenza nemica, to crush the enemy ('s) resistance: infrangere il vetro di una finestra, to shatter (o to smash) a windowpane; infrangere le speranze di qlcu., to shatter s.o.'s hopes; infrangere una promessa, un giuramento, to break a promise, an oath2 (violare) to infringe, to violate: infrangere una legge, to infringe a law.◘ infrangersi v.intr.pron. to break* (up); to smash, to shatter (anche fig.): le onde si infrangono contro le rocce, the waves break against the rocks; in quel momento si infransero tutte le sue speranze, at that moment all his hopes were shattered; la nostra diffidenza si infranse contro la sua cordialità, our diffidence melted away before his friendliness.* * *1. [in'frandʒere]vb irreg vt(legge, patto) to violate, break, (vetro, vaso) to smash2. vip (infrangersi)(onde) to break, smash* * *[in'frandʒere] 1.verbo transitivo1) (rompere) to break*, to shatter, to smash [vetro, vaso]2) fig. to break*, to infringe [ legge]; to break* through [ barriera]; to shatter [ sogno]; to dash, to shatter, to dissipate [ speranze]2.verbo pronominale infrangersi1) [vetro, vaso] to break*, to shatter, to smash; [ onde] to break*2) fig. [ speranze] to be* shattered* * *infrangere/in'frandʒere/ [70]1 (rompere) to break*, to shatter, to smash [vetro, vaso]2 fig. to break*, to infringe [ legge]; to break* through [ barriera]; to shatter [ sogno]; to dash, to shatter, to dissipate [ speranze]II infrangersi verbo pronominale1 [vetro, vaso] to break*, to shatter, to smash; [ onde] to break*2 fig. [ speranze] to be* shattered. -
2 timidezza
f shyness, timidity* * *timidezza meno com. timidità s.f. shyness, timidity; ( vergogna) bashfulness; ( ritrosia) diffidence: liberarsi dalla propria timidezza, to throw off one's shyness; la sua timidezza lo frena molto, his shyness holds him back a lot.* * *[timi'dettsa]sostantivo femminile shyness, timidity, bashfulness* * *timidezza/timi'dettsa/sostantivo f.shyness, timidity, bashfulness. -
3 diffidenza sf
[diffi'dɛntsa]distrust, suspicionPAROLA CHIAVE: diffidenza non si traduce mai con la parola inglese diffidence -
4 diffidenza
sf [diffi'dɛntsa]distrust, suspicionPAROLA CHIAVE: diffidenza non si traduce mai con la parola inglese diffidence
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