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f sailattività sailingfare vela set sailtutto è andato a gonfie vele everything went swimmingly* * *vela s.f.1 (mar.) sail: vela di gabbia, topsail; vela di maestra, mainsail; vela di mezzana, mizzen sail; vela di pappafico, topgallant sail; vela di parrocchetto, fore-topsail; vela di straglio, staysail; vela di trinchetto, foresail; vela latina, lateen sail; vela quadra, squaresail; vele maggiori, lower sails; a vele spiegate, under sail (o in full sail); procedere a vele spiegate, to be under full soil; barca a vela, sailing boat, (amer.) sailboat; issare, alzare una vela, to hoist a sail; ammainare le vele, to strike (o to lower) the sails; far vela, to set sail (o to sail); far forza di vele, to crowd all sails // tutto va a gonfie vele, (fig.) everything is going very well (o perfectly); gli affari vanno a gonfie vele, business is booming (o thriving) // volgere la vela secondo il vento, (fig.) to trim one's sails according to the wind // (aer.) volo a vela, gliding (o sailflying)* * *['vela]sostantivo femminile1) (tela) sailbarca a vela — sailing boat, sailboat AE
2) (attività) sailingfare vela — to sail, to go sailing
•••tutto procede a gonfie -e — everything is proceeding without a hitch, everything is coming up roses
* * *vela/'vela/ ⇒ 10sostantivo f.1 (tela) sail; issare le -e to hoist the sails; fare vela verso to sail toward(s); navigare a vela to sail; barca a vela sailing boat, sailboat AE2 (attività) sailing; fare vela to sail, to go sailingtutto è andato a gonfie -e everything went off splendidly; tutto procede a gonfie -e everything is proceeding without a hitch, everything is coming up roses\vela di fortuna storm sail; vela latina lateen (sail); vela maestra mainsail; vela quadra square sail. -
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