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[els]1) altronobody, nothing else — nessun altro, nient'altro
somewhere o someplace AE else da qualche altra parte; where else can it be? in quale altro posto può essere? who else is coming? chi altri viene? how else can we do it? come possiamo farlo altrimenti? what else would you like? cos'altro vorresti? there's not much else to say non c'è molto altro da dire; he talks of little else parla quasi solamente di questo; everyone else but me went to the cinema tutti sono andati al cinema tranne me; was anyone else there? c'era qualcun altro? anyone else would go to bed early, but you... chiunque altro andrebbe a letto presto, ma tu...; anywhere else it wouldn't matter da qualsiasi altra parte non avrebbe importanza; he didn't see anybody else non ha visto nessun altro; if nothing else he's polite se non altro è educato; she's something else! colloq. (very nice) è fantastica! (unusual) è speciale! "is that you, Dan?" - "who else?" — "sei tu, Dan?" - "e chi altri?"
2) or else altrimenti, se noeat this or else you'll be hungry later — mangia questo, altrimenti più tardi avrai fame
••stop that now, or else... — smettila subito, altrimenti
Note:Else means in addition to, apart from or instead of when it follows such indefinite pronouns as somebody, anything, etc. or such interrogative pronouns as who, what, why, etc.: somebody else did it = l'ha fatto qualcun altro; what else could I do? = che altro potrei fare? - Else means otherwise when it is preceded by or: Hurry up, or else you'll miss the train = sbrigati, o altrimenti perderai il treno* * *[els]adjective, adverb(besides; other than that already mentioned: What else can I do? Can we go anywhere else?; He took someone else's pencil.) altro, di più- or else* * *[els]1) altronobody, nothing else — nessun altro, nient'altro
somewhere o someplace AE else da qualche altra parte; where else can it be? in quale altro posto può essere? who else is coming? chi altri viene? how else can we do it? come possiamo farlo altrimenti? what else would you like? cos'altro vorresti? there's not much else to say non c'è molto altro da dire; he talks of little else parla quasi solamente di questo; everyone else but me went to the cinema tutti sono andati al cinema tranne me; was anyone else there? c'era qualcun altro? anyone else would go to bed early, but you... chiunque altro andrebbe a letto presto, ma tu...; anywhere else it wouldn't matter da qualsiasi altra parte non avrebbe importanza; he didn't see anybody else non ha visto nessun altro; if nothing else he's polite se non altro è educato; she's something else! colloq. (very nice) è fantastica! (unusual) è speciale! "is that you, Dan?" - "who else?" — "sei tu, Dan?" - "e chi altri?"
2) or else altrimenti, se noeat this or else you'll be hungry later — mangia questo, altrimenti più tardi avrai fame
••stop that now, or else... — smettila subito, altrimenti
Note:Else means in addition to, apart from or instead of when it follows such indefinite pronouns as somebody, anything, etc. or such interrogative pronouns as who, what, why, etc.: somebody else did it = l'ha fatto qualcun altro; what else could I do? = che altro potrei fare? - Else means otherwise when it is preceded by or: Hurry up, or else you'll miss the train = sbrigati, o altrimenti perderai il treno
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