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1 schizzinoso
fussy* * *schizzinoso agg. fussy; fastidious; ( difficile da accontentare) hard to please: un bambino schizzinoso, a fussy child◆ s.m. fussy person; fastidious person: mia sorella è una schizzinosa, my sister is a fussy girl; non fare lo schizzinoso!, don't be so fastidious!* * *[skittsi'noso] schizzinoso (-a)1. aggfussy, difficult, finicky2. sm/ffussy person, difficult person* * *[skittsi'noso] 1.aggettivo fastidious, squeamish2.sostantivo maschile (f. -a) fastidious person* * *schizzinoso/skittsi'noso/fastidious, squeamish(f. -a) fastidious person; non fare lo schizzinoso! don't be so squeamish! -
2 pignolo
pedantic, nit-picking colloq* * *pignolo s.m.1 ( persona pedante) fastidious person, fussy person, over-meticulous person, pedantic person; (fam.) fusspot: sei proprio un pignolo!, what a fastidious person you are! (o fam. what a fusspot you are!)2 (bot.) → pinolo◆ agg. fussy, over-meticulous, pedantic: un professore molto pignolo, an excessively (o over-)meticulous teacher.* * *[piɲ'ɲɔlo] pignolo (-a)1. aggpernickety, fussy2. sm/f* * *[piɲ'ɲɔlo] 1.aggettivo nit-picking, fussy, pernickety2.* * *pignolo/piŋ'ŋɔlo/nit-picking, fussy, pernickety(f. -a) nit-picker, fussy person. -
3 schizzinoso
[skittsi'noso] schizzinoso (-a)1. aggfussy, difficult, finicky2. sm/ffussy person, difficult person -
4 pignolo
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5 difficile
difficult( improbabile) unlikely* * *difficile agg.1 ( arduo) difficult, hard; knotty, tough: difficile da tradurre, da capire, difficult to translate, to understand; una digestione difficile, poor digestion; una faccenda difficile, a difficult (o awkward) business; un'operazione difficile, a difficult operation; un problema difficile, a hard (o knotty) problem; l'accettarlo mi è stato difficile, I found it hard to accept; una domanda a cui è difficile rispondere, a difficult question to answer; è difficile crederti, it is difficult to believe you; è difficile farlo, it is difficult to do; i punti difficili hanno bisogno di spiegazione, the knotty points require an explanation; quel luogo è di difficile accesso, that place is difficult to get to; è una persona con la quale è difficile andare d'accordo, he's a difficult person to get on with; rendere la vita difficile a qlcu., to make s.o.'s life difficult; tempi difficili, hard times; è difficiletto, (fam.) it's tricky2 ( complicato, contorto) difficult, obscure, involved, abstruse: un autore difficile, a difficult author; uno stile difficile, an obscure style3 ( scontroso, intrattabile) difficult, awkward; ( incontentabile) difficult to please, hard to please: un ragazzo difficile, a difficult boy; è difficile, ( da accontentare) he is hard to please; è difficile nel mangiare, he is fussy (o particular) about his food4 ( poco probabile) unlikely, improbable: è difficile che egli venga, he is unlikely (o not likely) to come◆ s.m.1 ( persona difficile) difficult person, awkward person: non fare il difficile!, don't be difficult!2 ( difficoltà) difficulty: qui sta il difficile!, that is where the difficulty lies!* * *[dif'fitʃile]1. agg1) (problema, lavoro, periodo) difficult, (situazione) difficult, awkwarddifficile da fare — difficult o hard to do
2) (persona: intrattabile) difficult, awkward, (nei gusti) fussysuo marito ha un carattere difficile — her husband is hard to get on with, her husband is an awkward character
3) (improbabile) unlikely2. sm/ffare il (la) difficile — to be difficult, be awkward
3. smdifficulty, difficult partil difficile è finire in tempo — the difficulty lies in finishing in time, the problem is getting finished in time
ora che il difficile è fatto... — now that the difficult part has been done...
* * *[dif'fitʃile] 1.1) (disagevole, arduo) [compito, percorso] difficult, hard, tough; [periodo, condizioni, scelta] difficult, hardè difficile a dirsi — it's difficult o hard to tell
2) (complicato) [lingua, problema, testo] difficult, hard; [ domanda] difficult, tricky3) (poco probabile) unlikely, improbable4) (intrattabile) [persona, carattere] difficult5) (esigente) [ persona] choosy, particular, hard to please, fussy2.sostantivo maschile e sostantivo femminile (persona)3.fare il difficile — to be choosy o fussy o particular
sostantivo maschile (difficoltà)* * *difficile/dif'fit∫ile/1 (disagevole, arduo) [compito, percorso] difficult, hard, tough; [periodo, condizioni, scelta] difficult, hard; è difficile a dirsi it's difficult o hard to tell; è difficile andarci d'accordo he's difficult to get on with2 (complicato) [lingua, problema, testo] difficult, hard; [ domanda] difficult, tricky3 (poco probabile) unlikely, improbable; è difficile che it's unlikely that; è difficile che ci riesca he's unlikely to succeed4 (intrattabile) [persona, carattere] difficult; un bambino difficile a problem child5 (esigente) [ persona] choosy, particular, hard to please, fussyII m. e f.III sostantivo m.(difficoltà) qui sta il difficile here lies the difficulty.
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