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1 pera
f pear* * *pera s.f.1 pear: pere cotte, stewed pears // non vale una pera cotta, it isn't worth a penny (o a rap o a damn) // essere una pera cotta, ( rammollito) to be flabby // cascare come una pera cotta, ( innamorarsi) to fall head over heels in love, ( addormentarsi di colpo) to drop into a deep sleep, ( cadere facilmente in un inganno) to fall for it // pera bergamotta, bergamot; pera di terra, ( Apios tuberosa) groundnut3 ( interruttore elettrico a forma di pera) pear-switch4 ( strumento per praticare il clistere) enema, rubber-syringe* * *['pera]sostantivo femminile1) (frutto) pear2) gerg. (dose di eroina)farsi una pera — to shoot up, to get a fix
••a pera — scherz. [ragionamento, discorso] burbling, rambling
cadere come una pera cotta — (addormentarsi) to fall fast asleep, to drop into a deep sleep; (innamorarsi) to fall head over heels in love
* * *pera/'pera/sostantivo f.1 (frutto) pear; a (forma di) pera pear-shapeda pera scherz. [ragionamento, discorso] burbling, rambling; cadere come una pera cotta (addormentarsi) to fall fast asleep, to drop into a deep sleep; (innamorarsi) to fall head over heels in love. -
2 frutta
f fruitfrutta candita candied fruitfrutta fresca fresh fruitfrutta secca nuts* * *frutta s.f. (sing. con valore coll.) fruit: frutta fresca, fresh fruit; frutta secca, dried fruit, ( noci, nocciole ecc.) nuts; frutta acerba, green fruit; frutta matura, ripe fruit; frutta di stagione, fruit in season; frutta cotta, stewed fruit (o compote); marmellata di frutta, (fruit) jam; macedonia di frutta, fruit salad; frutta sciroppata, fruit in syrup; frutta candita, candied fruit; succo di frutta, fruit juice; cestello di frutta, bowl of fruit; coltello da frutta, fruit knife; servire la frutta, to serve the fruit; essere alla frutta, to be at the fruit course; mangi molta frutta?, do you eat much fruit?; raccogliere frutta, ( dalla pianta) to pick fruit, ( caduta a terra) to gather fruit // commerciante di frutta, fruiterer // arrivare alla frutta, (fig.) to arrive right at the end.* * *['frutta]sostantivo femminile invariabile fruit Uessere alla frutta — to be at the end of the meal; fig. to have reached the end
* * *frutta/'frutta/f.inv.fruit U; essere alla frutta to be at the end of the meal; fig. to have reached the end\frutta candita candied fruit; frutta cotta stewed fruit; frutta fresca fresh fruit; frutta secca dried fruit; frutta sciroppata fruit in syrup.
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