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1 arruffare
capelli ruffle* * *arruffare v.tr. ( intricare) to muddle; to meddle; to ruffle, to rumple: arruffare i capelli a qlcu., to ruffle s.o.'s hair; arruffare le penne, to ruffle (up) one's feathers // arruffare il pelo, (fig.) to get ruffled (o to bristle) // arruffare la matassa, (fig.) to muddle up (o to make a mess of) everything // arruffare le idee, to muddle (one's) ideas.◘ arruffarsi v.intr.pron.1 (di capelli, peli) to ruffle (up), to bristle (up): gli si arruffò il pelo, its hair bristled* * *[arruf'fare]1. vtto ruffle, (fili) to tangle2. vip (arruffarsi)* * *[arruf'fare] 1.verbo transitivo1) (scompigliare) [ vento] to ruffle, to rumple, to tousle [ capelli]; to puff up, to ruffle [pelo, piume]2) fig. (confondere) to muddle (up), to tangle2.verbo pronominale arruffarsi1) [ capelli] to get* ruffled, to get* tousled; [pelo, piume] to puff up, to bristle2) fig. (confondersi) to become* tangled* * *arruffare/arruf'fare/ [1]1 (scompigliare) [ vento] to ruffle, to rumple, to tousle [ capelli]; to puff up, to ruffle [pelo, piume]2 fig. (confondere) to muddle (up), to tangleII arruffarsi verbo pronominale1 [ capelli] to get* ruffled, to get* tousled; [pelo, piume] to puff up, to bristle2 fig. (confondersi) to become* tangled. -
2 matassa
f skein* * *matassa s.f.1 skein; hank; (fig.) tangle, muddle: una matassa di cotone, a hank of cotton; una matassa di lana, a skein of wool; è una matassa così imbrogliata!, (fig.) it is such a muddle!; arruffare la matassa, (fig.) to create confusion; dipanare una matassa, to unravel a skein; dipanare la matassa, (fig.) to clear up the confusion (o difficulty) // trovare il bandolo della matassa, to disentangle a matter: non riesco a trovare il bandolo della matassa, I can't make head or tail of this2 (elettr.) coil: le matasse di un avvolgimento, the coils of a winding.* * *[ma'tassa]sostantivo femminile hank; (di lana) skeinsbrogliare la matassa — fig. to unravel a problem
* * *matassa/ma'tassa/sostantivo f.hank; (di lana) skein; sbrogliare la matassa fig. to unravel a problem; non riuscivo a trovare il bandolo della matassa I couldn't make head (n)or tail of it.
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