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1 difficoltà
f invar difficultysenza difficoltà easily, without any difficulty* * *difficoltà s.f.1 ( l'essere difficile) difficulty: la difficoltà di un lavoro, un compito, the difficulty of a job, a task2 ( sforzo, fatica) difficulty; effort; strain: parlare, camminare con difficoltà, to speak, to walk with difficulty; raggiunse la cima con difficoltà, with great effort he reached the summit3 ( ostacolo; situazione difficile) trouble, problem, difficulty: superare una difficoltà, to overcome a difficulty; le difficoltà della vita, life's troubles; incontrare mille difficoltà, to run into hundreds of problems; la difficoltà sta nel fatto che..., the trouble is that...; se ci sono difficoltà fammelo sapere, let me know if there are problems; tutto si svolse senza difficoltà, everything went off without a hitch; un'organizzazione che aiuta le persone in difficoltà, an organization that helps people in trouble; mi sono trovata in difficoltà a rispondere alla sua domanda, I had difficulty in answering his question // (comm.): difficoltà di cassa, cash stringency; essere in difficoltà finanziarie, to be in (financial) difficulties (o to be in financial straits)4 ( obiezione, opposizione) objection: fare, sollevare difficoltà, to raise (o to make) objections; ha fatto difficoltà a venire con noi, he objected to coming with us; non ho alcuna difficoltà ad ascoltarti, I have no objection to listening to you.* * *[diffikol'ta]sostantivo femminile invariabile1) (complessità) difficultytrovare difficoltà a fare — to find difficulty (in) doing, to find it difficult to do
faccio difficoltà ad accettare quest'idea — I have difficulty with that idea, I find it difficult to accept that idea
2) (situazione difficile) difficulty, troublein difficoltà — [ persona] in difficulty o trouble
mettere qcn. in difficoltà — to give sb. trouble, to make things difficult for sb
3) (ostacolo) difficulty, problem(non) senza difficoltà — with no (little) difficulty, (not) without difficulty o difficulties
avere difficoltà in francese — to have difficulties o problems with French
4) (obiezione) difficulty* * *difficoltà/diffikol'ta/f.inv.1 (complessità) difficulty; trovare difficoltà a fare to find difficulty (in) doing, to find it difficult to do; faccio difficoltà ad accettare quest'idea I have difficulty with that idea, I find it difficult to accept that idea2 (situazione difficile) difficulty, trouble; in difficoltà [ persona] in difficulty o trouble; mettere qcn. in difficoltà to give sb. trouble, to make things difficult for sb.3 (ostacolo) difficulty, problem; creare difficoltà to give trouble; essere in difficoltà finanziarie to be in financial straits; (non) senza difficoltà with no (little) difficulty, (not) without difficulty o difficulties; avere difficoltà in francese to have difficulties o problems with French4 (obiezione) difficulty; non ha fatto alcuna difficoltà she didn't raise a single objection. -
2 intoppo
m ( ostacolo) hindrance( contrattempo) snag* * *intoppo s.m.1 obstacle, hindrance, difficulty: trovare intoppi sul proprio cammino, to find obstacles (o difficulties) in one's way2 (fig.) hitch, snag, impediment; la riunione continuò senza intoppi, the meeting went on without a hitch.* * *[in'tɔppo]procedere senza -i — to pass off without a hitch, to proceed o run smoothly
avere un intoppo — to hit o run into a snag
* * *intoppo/in'tɔppo/sostantivo m.(ostacolo) hitch; (contrattempo) mishap; procedere senza -i to pass off without a hitch, to proceed o run smoothly; avere un intoppo to hit o run into a snag. -
3 vela
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. -
4 liscio agg
['liʃʃo] liscio -scia, -sci, -sce(pelo, capelli) sleek, (pelle) smooth, (affare, faccenda) simple, straightforward, (liquore) neat, straightun whisky, per favore — liscio o con ghiaccio? — a whisky, please — straight or with ice?
è andato tutto liscio — it all went off smoothly o without a hitch
com'è andata? — liscia come l'olio — how did it go? — it went like a dream
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5 liscio
agg ['liʃʃo] liscio -scia, -sci, -sce(pelo, capelli) sleek, (pelle) smooth, (affare, faccenda) simple, straightforward, (liquore) neat, straightun whisky, per favore — liscio o con ghiaccio? — a whisky, please — straight or with ice?
è andato tutto liscio — it all went off smoothly o without a hitch
com'è andata? — liscia come l'olio — how did it go? — it went like a dream
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