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1 -hypertension o high blood pressure?-
Nota d'usoNell'inglese di tutti i giorni, quando si parla di ipertensione, normalmente non si usa la parola “hypertension”, ma l'espressione “high blood pressure”: Mio padre soffre di ipertensione, my father has got high blood pressure. Il sostantivo “hypertension” è utilizzato soprattutto in ambito medico-scientifico. Allo stesso modo, quando si parla di una persona ipertesa, normalmente non si usa la parola “hypertensive”: Il numero di ipertesi in Italia sta aumentando, in Italy increasing numbers of people have high blood pressure.English-Italian dictionary > -hypertension o high blood pressure?-
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2 growth
[grəʊθ]1) (physical) (of person, plant, hair, nails) crescita f.2) (increase) (of population, movement, idea) crescita f., sviluppo m.; (of economy) crescita f., espansione f., sviluppo m.; (of numbers, productivity, earnings) crescita f., aumento m., incremento m. (in, of di)3) med. escrescenza f.4) bot. germoglio m.* * *[-Ɵ]1) (the act or process of growing, increasing, developing etc: the growth of trade unionism.) crescita2) (something that has grown: a week's growth of beard.) crescita3) (the amount by which something grows: to measure the growth of a plant.) crescita, sviluppo4) (something unwanted which grows: a cancerous growth.) escrescenza* * *[grəʊθ]1) (physical) (of person, plant, hair, nails) crescita f.2) (increase) (of population, movement, idea) crescita f., sviluppo m.; (of economy) crescita f., espansione f., sviluppo m.; (of numbers, productivity, earnings) crescita f., aumento m., incremento m. (in, of di)3) med. escrescenza f.4) bot. germoglio m. -
3 emigrant
['emɪgrənt] 1. 2.* * *noun, adjective ((a person) emigrating or having emigrated: The numbers of emigrants are increasing; emigrant doctors.) emigrante, emigrato* * *emigrant /ˈɛmɪgrənt/a. e n.emigrante; emigrato.* * *['emɪgrənt] 1. 2. -
4 scale
I 1. [skeɪl]nome bilancia f.2. II [skeɪl]1) (extent) (of crisis, disaster, success, defeat, violence, development, recession) dimensioni f.pl., ampiezza f.; (of reform, task, activity, operation) portata f.2) (grading system) scala f.pay o salary scale scala retributiva; social scale scala sociale; on a scale of 1 to 10 — in una scala da 1 a 10
3) (for maps, models) scala f.4) (on thermometer, gauge) scala f., gradazione f.5) mus. scala f.III [skeɪl]verbo transitivo (climb) scalare [wall, peak, tower]- scale upIV [skeɪl]1) zool. squama f.2) (deposit) (in kettle, pipes) (deposito di) calcare m.; (on teeth) tartaro m.••V [skeɪl]1) (take scales off) squamare [ fish]2) (in kettle, pipes) togliere il calcare a* * *I [skeil] noun1) (a set of regularly spaced marks made on something (eg a thermometer or a ruler) for use as a measure; a system of numbers, measurement etc: This thermometer has two scales marked on it, one in Fahrenheit and one in Centigrade.)2) (a series or system of items of increasing or decreasing size, value etc: a wage/salary scale.)3) (in music, a group of notes going up or down in order: The boy practised his scales on the piano.)4) (the size of measurements on a map etc compared with the real size of the country etc shown by it: In a map drawn to the scale 1:50,000, one centimetre represents half a kilometre.)5) (the size of an activity: These guns are being manufactured on a large scale.)II [skeil] verb(to climb (a ladder, cliff etc): The prisoner scaled the prison walls and escaped.)III [skeil] noun(any of the small thin plates or flakes that cover the skin of fishes, reptiles etc: A herring's scales are silver in colour.)- scaly* * *I 1. [skeɪl]nome bilancia f.2. II [skeɪl]1) (extent) (of crisis, disaster, success, defeat, violence, development, recession) dimensioni f.pl., ampiezza f.; (of reform, task, activity, operation) portata f.2) (grading system) scala f.pay o salary scale scala retributiva; social scale scala sociale; on a scale of 1 to 10 — in una scala da 1 a 10
3) (for maps, models) scala f.4) (on thermometer, gauge) scala f., gradazione f.5) mus. scala f.III [skeɪl]verbo transitivo (climb) scalare [wall, peak, tower]- scale upIV [skeɪl]1) zool. squama f.2) (deposit) (in kettle, pipes) (deposito di) calcare m.; (on teeth) tartaro m.••V [skeɪl]1) (take scales off) squamare [ fish]2) (in kettle, pipes) togliere il calcare a -
5 unemployed
[ˌʌnɪm'plɔɪd] 1.1) (out of work) disoccupato2) econ. [ capital] inutilizzato, inattivo2.the unemployed — + verbo pl. i disoccupati
* * *1. adjective(not having, or not able to find, work: He has been unemployed for three months.) disoccupato2. noun plural(people who are unemployed: The numbers of (the) unemployed are still increasing.) disoccupati* * *[ˌʌnɪm'plɔɪd] 1.1) (out of work) disoccupato2) econ. [ capital] inutilizzato, inattivo2.the unemployed — + verbo pl. i disoccupati
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