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1 tedio
tedio s.m. tedium, tediousness, wearisomeness, boredom: essere oppresso dal tedio, to be bored to tears (o to be bored stiff).* * ** * *tediopl. -di /'tεdjo, di/sostantivo m.tedium, boredom, ennui. -
2 noia
f boredomnoie pl trouble sgdar noia a qualcuno annoy someonevenire a noia a qualcuno start to bore s.o.* * *noia s.f.1 ( tedio) boredom, tedium, ennui: la noia di una vita monotona, the tedium of a monotonous life; sbadigliare di noia, to yawn with boredom // che noia!, what a bore! // ammazzare, vincere la noia, to relieve the boredom: andrò al cinema tanto per ammazzare la noia, I'll go to the cinema just to relieve the boredom; cercare di vincere la noia di un lungo viaggio, to try to relieve the boredom of a long journey // avere a noia qlco., to be fed up (o bored stiff) with sthg. // leggere mi è venuto a noia, I've become bored with reading (o I'm tired of reading) // morire di noia, to die of boredom (o to be bored to death o to be deadly bored o to be bored to tears): questo libro mi fa morire di noia, this book bores me stiff (o bores me to death o bores me to tears) // prendere a noia qlcu., to be sick of s.o. (o to be fed up with s.o.) // ripetere qlco. fino alla noia, to repeat sthg. ad nauseam2 ( fastidio) annoyance; nuisance; trouble: il fumo mi dà noia, smoke bothers me; le noie della vita, the troubles of life; luce che dà noia, irritating light; ebbe delle noie per la sua attività politica, he had a lot of bother (o trouble) on account of his political activity; non voglio noie con il capo!, I don't want any trouble with the boss; avere noie al motore, to have engine trouble // non dargli noia!, don't trouble him!; ti do noia?, am I disturbing you? // che noia!, what a nuisance!3 ( persona, cosa che infastidisce) bore, nuisance: ho cenato con Paolo, che è una noia mortale, I had dinner with Paul: he is a dead bore; il suo discorso era una noia terribile, his speech was terribly boring; fare la coda è una tale noia!, queueing up is such a nuisance! // che noia ( che) sei! cosa vuoi adesso?, (fam.) what a nuisance you are! what do you want now?* * *['nɔja] 1.sostantivo femminile1) (sentimento) boredomfare morire di noia qcn. — to bore sb. stiff o to death o to tears
2) (persona, cosa noiosa) bore, drag3) (fastidio)2.dare noia a qcn. — to bother sb
sostantivo femminile plurale noie (problemi, guai) problems, troublesprocurare o dare delle -e a qcn. — to make trouble for sb., to give o cause sb. trouble
* * *noia/'nɔja/I sostantivo f.1 (sentimento) boredom; ingannare la noia to escape from boredom; che noia! what a bore! fare morire di noia qcn. to bore sb. stiff o to death o to tears; mi è venuto a noia I'm fed up with it2 (persona, cosa noiosa) bore, drag; che noia quel film! what a drag that film is!3 (fastidio) dare noia a qcn. to bother sb.II noie f.pl.(problemi, guai) problems, troubles; ho delle -e con la polizia I'm in trouble with the police; procurare o dare delle -e a qcn. to make trouble for sb., to give o cause sb. trouble. -
3 inedia
inedia s.f.1 (digiuno prolungato) starvation, inanition2 (fam.) (noia) boredom, tedium // morire d'inedia, to be bored to death.* * *[i'nɛdja]sostantivo femminile starvationmorire d'inedia — to starve to death, to die of starvation
* * *inedia/i'nεdja/sostantivo f.starvation; morire d'inedia to starve to death, to die of starvation. -
4 monotonia
f monotony* * *monotonia s.f. monotony, tediousness, tedium; (noia) boredom: non sopporto la monotonia di questo lavoro, I can't stand the monotony of this job; la monotonia di uno spettacolo, the monotony (o tediousness) of a show; che monotonia queste giornate piovose!, it's so boring with all these rainy days!* * *[monoto'nia]sostantivo femminile monotonyla monotonia della vita quotidiana — the monotony o humdrum of everyday life
la monotonia della sua voce — the flatness o dullness of his voice
* * *monotonia/monoto'nia/sostantivo f.monotony; la monotonia della vita quotidiana the monotony o humdrum of everyday life; la monotonia della sua voce the flatness o dullness of his voice. -
5 tedio sm
['tɛdjo]tedium, boredom -
6 stucchevolezza
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7 tedio
sm ['tɛdjo]tedium, boredom
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tedium — noun (U) the quality of being tedious: She hated the tedium of life in a small country village … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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