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1 stale
I [steɪl]1) (old) [ bread] vecchio, raffermo, stantio; [beer, cake] vecchio; [ cheese] stantio; [ air] viziatoto go stale — [ bread] diventare raffermo
to smell stale — [room, house] puzzare di chiuso
2) (hackneyed) [ jokes] detto e stradetto; [ ideas] superato, sorpassato; [ style] antiquato, sorpassato; [ convention] disusatoII [steɪl]* * *[steil]1) ((of food etc) not fresh and therefore dry and tasteless: stale bread.) stantio, vecchio2) (no longer interesting: His ideas are stale and dull.) trito, passato3) (no longer able to work etc well because of too much study etc: If she practises the piano for more than two hours a day, she will grow stale.) spento, spossato* * *stale (1) /steɪl/a.1 stantio; passato; vecchio; vieto; vizzo; trito: These biscuits are too stale to eat, questi biscotti sono così stantii che non si riesce a mangiarli; stale news, notizie vecchie, passate; a stale joke, una barzelletta vecchia; a stale phrase, una locuzione trita● stale air, aria viziata □ ( banca) a stale cheque, un assegno bancario scaduto □ (leg.) stale claim, azione in giudizio tardiva □ stale water, acqua stagnante □ (fig. fam.) I'm getting stale here!, sto facendo la muffa qui! □ This room smells stale, c'è odore di chiuso qui dentro.stale (2) /steɪl/n. [u](to) stale (1) /steɪl/A v. t.rendere stantio (o vieto, trito)B v. i.diventare stantio (o vieto, trito).(to) stale (2) /steɪl/v. i.( di cavalli e buoi) orinare.* * *I [steɪl]1) (old) [ bread] vecchio, raffermo, stantio; [beer, cake] vecchio; [ cheese] stantio; [ air] viziatoto go stale — [ bread] diventare raffermo
to smell stale — [room, house] puzzare di chiuso
2) (hackneyed) [ jokes] detto e stradetto; [ ideas] superato, sorpassato; [ style] antiquato, sorpassato; [ convention] disusatoII [steɪl]
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