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I 1. [smɔːl]1) (not big) [house, mistake, quantity] piccolo; [change, increase] piccolo, lieve; [majority, number] esiguo, ridottothe smallest room — colloq. eufem. il gabinetto
2) (petty) [person, act] meschino, piccolo3) (not much)to have small reason for worrying o to worry avere scarsi motivi di preoccupazione; it is small comfort o consolation to sb. è una misera consolazione per qcn.; it is of small consequence è irrilevante o di poca importanza; small wonder he left! — non c'è da stupirsi che sia partito!
5) (humiliated)2. II 1. [smɔːl]to feel o look small sentirsi o farsi piccolo piccolo (per la vergogna); to make sb. feel o look small — umiliare qcn
2.the small of the back — la parte bassa della schiena, le reni
* * *[smo:l]1) (little in size, degree, importance etc; not large or great: She was accompanied by a small boy of about six; There's only a small amount of sugar left; She cut the meat up small for the baby.) piccolo2) (not doing something on a large scale: He's a small businessman.) piccolo3) (little; not much: You have small reason to be satisfied with yourself.) poco4) ((of the letters of the alphabet) not capital: The teacher showed the children how to write a capital G and a small g.) minuscolo•- small arms
- small change
- small hours
- smallpox
- small screen
- small-time
- feel/look small* * *I 1. [smɔːl]1) (not big) [house, mistake, quantity] piccolo; [change, increase] piccolo, lieve; [majority, number] esiguo, ridottothe smallest room — colloq. eufem. il gabinetto
2) (petty) [person, act] meschino, piccolo3) (not much)to have small reason for worrying o to worry avere scarsi motivi di preoccupazione; it is small comfort o consolation to sb. è una misera consolazione per qcn.; it is of small consequence è irrilevante o di poca importanza; small wonder he left! — non c'è da stupirsi che sia partito!
5) (humiliated)2. II 1. [smɔːl]to feel o look small sentirsi o farsi piccolo piccolo (per la vergogna); to make sb. feel o look small — umiliare qcn
2.the small of the back — la parte bassa della schiena, le reni
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[smɔːl](gen: in size, number) piccolo (-a), (in height) basso (-a), (stock, supply, population) scarso (-a), (waist) sottile, (meal) leggero (-a), (letter) minuscolo (-a), (minor, unimportant) da poco, insignificante, (increase, improvement) piccolo (-a), leggero (-a)to have a small appetite — avere poco or scarso appetito
to feel small fig — sentirsi umiliato (-a) or sminuito (-a)
to get or grow smaller — (stain, town) rimpicciolire, (debt, organization, numbers) ridursi
to make smaller — (amount, income) ridurre, (garden, object, garment) rimpicciolire
to have small cause or reason to do sth — non avere molti motivi per fare qc
2. n1)2) nplsmalls — (fam: underwear) biancheria intima
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