la sua energia lo distingue dagli altri

distinguish

* * *

distinguere v.tr.

1 to distinguish, to tell*; to discriminate, to differentiate: al telefono non distinguo la tua voce da quella di tua sorella, on the telephone I can't tell your voice from your sister's; non li so distinguere, I can't tell which is which; non so distinguerlo da suo fratello, sono così simili!; he and his brother are so much alike that I can't tell them apart; stai facendo confusione; distinguiamo!, you're getting everything mixed up; let's distinguish one thing from another!; distinguere tra bene e male, to tell good from evil; non so più distinguere i diversi odori, I can't pick out the different smells any more (o I can no longer tell the difference between the smells)

2 ( scorgere) to distinguish, to discern, to perceive, to make* out, to see* clearly: in quella stanza senza luce non riuscivo a distinguere i suoi lineamenti, in the darkened room I couldn't make out his features; tua sorella era troppo lontana per poter distinguere quello che succedeva, your sister was too far away to be able to see clearly what was going on

3 ( caratterizzare) to distinguish, to mark, to characterize: che cosa distingue l'uomo dagli animali?, what distinguishes man from animals?; una coda molto lunga distingue questa specie, this species is characterized by a very long tail; grandi progressi nelle scienze applicate distinsero il corso del diciannovesimo secolo, enormous advances in applied science marked the course of the nineteenth century; con la grazia che lo distingue mi ha urtato violentemente, he crashed into me with all his characteristic gracefulness

4 ( contrassegnare) to mark: distingue le proprie pecore con segni particolari, he marks his own sheep in a special way

5 ( separare, dividere) to divide, to separate: distinguiamo le opere di questo pittore in tre periodi, let's divide the works of this painter into three periods

6 ( segnalare) to distinguish, to mark: il suo coraggio lo distinse nell'ultima guerra, his courage distinguished him in the last war.

◘ distinguersi v.intr.pron. to stand* out for, to distinguish oneself (by sthg.): si distingue per la sua diligenza, he distinguishes himself by his diligence; si distingue perché porta sempre dei cappelli eccentrici, she makes herself conspicuous by always wearing odd hats; le due parole si distinguono dall'accento, the two words are distinguishable by the stress pattern.

* * *

1. [dis'tinɡwere]

1) (differenziare) to distinguish, single out

2) (percepire) to distinguish, discern

3) (contrassegnare: con etichetta) to mark, indicate

4) (frm : dividere) to divide, separate

2. vip (distinguersi)

1) (essere riconoscibile) to be distinguished

2) (emergere) to stand out, be conspicuous, distinguish o.s.

* * *

verbo transitivo

1) (separare) to distinguish ( tra between; da from)

2) (percepire le differenze) to distinguish, to discern [ colori]; to make* out [ contorni]; to catch* [suoni, odori]

3) (differenziare) [dettaglio, qualità] to set* [sb., sth.] apart [persone, animali, oggetti] (da from)

4) (caratterizzare) to characterize [epoca, azienda]

verbo intransitivo (aus. avere)

verbo pronominale distinguersi

1) (differire) [persona, organizzazione] to differ (da from)

2) (farsi notare) [sportivo, candidato] to stand* out, to distinguish oneself

3) (essere percepito) to be* distinguishable

* * *

distinguere

/dis'tingwere/ [40]

I verbo transitivo

 1 (separare) to distinguish ( tra between; da from); è difficile distinguere i gemelli it's difficult to tell the twins apart; distinguere il bene dal male to know o tell right from wrong

 2 (percepire le differenze) to distinguish, to discern [ colori]; to make* out [ contorni]; to catch* [ suoni, odori]

 3 (differenziare) [ dettaglio, qualità] to set* [sb., sth.] apart [ persone, animali, oggetti] ( da from); ciò che distingue Parigi da Roma what makes Paris different from Rome, what distinguishes Paris from Rome

 4 (caratterizzare) to characterize [ epoca, azienda]

II verbo intransitivo

 (aus. avere) bisogna saper distinguere you have to be able to tell the difference; distinguere tra A e B to discriminate o distinguish between A and B, to draw a distinction between A and B

III distinguersi verbo pronominale

 1 (differire) [ persona, organizzazione] to differ ( da from)

 2 (farsi notare) [ sportivo, candidato] to stand* out, to distinguish oneself; - rsi dal gruppo to rise above the group; deve sempre -rsi! spreg. he always has to be different! he always wants to stand out!

 3 (essere percepito) to be* distinguishable.

1. [dis'tinɡwere]

1) (differenziare) to distinguish, single out

2) (percepire) to distinguish, discern

3) (contrassegnare: con etichetta) to mark, indicate

4) (frm : dividere) to divide, separate

2. vip (distinguersi)

1) (essere riconoscibile) to be distinguished

2) (emergere) to stand out, be conspicuous, distinguish o.s.