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1 alimento
m foodalimento base basic food(stuff)* * *alimento s.m.1 food, nourishment, nutriment, aliment: alimento ricco di proteine, protein rich food; trarre alimento da, ( alimentarsi) to feed on (o to get nourishment from)2 (fig.) food, nourishment; fuel: alimento dello spirito, spiritual nourishment (o food for the spirit)3 pl. (dir.) alimony [U], maintenance [U]: provvedere gli alimenti alla propria moglie, to provide alimony for one's wife.* * *[ali'mento] 1.sostantivo maschile1) food2) fig.2.dare alimento a qcs. — to feed o nurture sth.
sostantivo maschile plurale alimenti dir. alimony, maintenance BE* * *alimento/ali'mento/I sostantivo m.1 food; - i naturali health food; alimento ricco di proteine protein-rich foodII alimenti m.pl.dir. alimony, maintenance BE. -
2 alimento dello spirito
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3 sostanza
f substancein sostanza in short, to sum up* * *sostanza s.f.1 ( essenza) substance, essence: sostanza materiale, spirituale, material, spiritual substance; sostanza e forma sono opposti, substance and form are opposites; bada alla sostanza e non alla forma delle cose, mind the substance and not the form of things; sono simili nella forma ma diversi nella sostanza, they are alike in form but different in essence (o in substance)2 ( materia) substance, matter, material, stuff: sostanza alimentare, foodstuff; sostanze grasse, oleose, fatty, oily substances; sostanze liquide, solide, liquid, solid substances; sostanza corrosiva, corroding substance (o mordant); sostanza medicinale, drug; sostanza radioattiva, radioactive substance (o radiator); sostanza tossica, toxicant; la sostanza di cui è fatta una cosa, the material of which a thing is made4 ( argomento; parte essenziale di discorso ecc.) substance, essence, gist, point: la sostanza di un articolo, di un discorso, the gist (o the substance) of an article, of a speech; questo è la sostanza di quanto disse, this is the gist of what he said // in sostanza, ( essenzialmente) in substance (o essentially), ( in breve) in short: ha parlato per due ore ma in sostanza non ha detto niente, he spoke for two hours but said nothing of any substance; i temi centrali sono in sostanza tre, there are essentially three central themes5 ( nutrimento) nourishment: cibo di poca sostanza, unsubstantial food; questo cibo ha poca sostanza, this food is not very nourishing (o substantial); dar sostanza, to nourish6 (spec. pl.) ( ricchezze) property (sing.), substance (sing.), possessions (pl.), riches (pl.): possedeva una cospicua sostanza, he was a man of property; ha dissipato le sue sostanze, he has squandered his substance (o possessions); ha ereditato tutte le sostanze paterne, he has inherited the whole of his father's fortune; accumulare sostanze, to amass riches.* * *[sos'tantsa] 1.sostantivo femminile1) filos. substance2) fig. (parte essenziale) substance, essence, gist3) chim. substance, material, matter4) (valore nutritivo) sustenance, nourishment2.••in sostanza — (fondamentalmente) in essence, in substance; (in conclusione) in conclusion
* * *sostanza/sos'tantsa/I sostantivo f.1 filos. substance2 fig. (parte essenziale) substance, essence, gist3 chim. substance, material, matter; sostanza chimica chemical; sostanza tossica toxic substance; sostanza naturale natural material4 (valore nutritivo) sustenance, nourishment; quei piatti non hanno molta sostanza there isn't much sustenance in those mealsII sostanze f.pl.(patrimonio) property sing., possessions
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