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1 brulicante
brulicante agg. swarming (with s.o., sthg.): carogna brulicante di vermi, carrion swarming with maggots; strade brulicanti di gente, streets swarming with people.* * *[bruli'kante]* * *brulicante/bruli'kante/[ luogo] swarming, teeming (di with). -
2 formicolio
m sensazione pins and needles pl* * *formicolio s.m.1 ( brulichio) swarming, swarm: c'era un gran formicolio di gente per le strade, the street was swarming with people2 ( di parte del corpo intorpidita) tingling; (fam.) pins and needles (pl.); (med.) formication: ho un formicolio nella gamba destra, I have pins and needles (o a tingling sensation) in my right leg.* * *1) (di insetti, persone) swarming, teeming2) (intorpidimento) tingle, tingling, pin and needles pl.* * *formicoliopl. -ii /formiko'lio, ii/sostantivo m.1 (di insetti, persone) swarming, teeming2 (intorpidimento) tingle, tingling, pin and needles pl. -
3 brulicare
swarm* * *brulicare v. intr. to swarm (with s.o., sthg.); to seethe (with sthg.) (anche fig.): la strada brulicava di soldati, the street was swarming with soldiers; mille idee brulicavano nella sua testa, his mind was seething with thousands of ideas.* * *[bruli'kare]brulicare di — to be swarming o teeming with [insetti, gente]
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4 formicolare
di mano, gamba tinglefig formicolare di teem with* * *formicolare v. intr.1 to swarm, to throng, to seethe: tutta la città formicolava di turisti, the whole town was swarming with tourists2 ( essere pieno) to be full: quella pagina formicola di errori, that page is full of (o is bristling with) mistakes3 ( prudere per intorpidimento) to tingle: mi formicolano le mani, my hands are tingling (o I have pins and needles in my hands).* * *[formiko'lare]verbo intransitivo (aus. avere, essere)1) (brulicare)formicolare di — to be swarming o teeming with [ gente]
2) [dita, gambe] to tingle* * *formicolare/formiko'lare/ [1](aus. avere, essere)2 [dita, gambe] to tingle. -
5 pullulante
pullulante agg. ( gremito) swarming (with s.o., sthg.), teeming (with s.o., sthg.): la città era pullulante di spie, the town was swarming with spies; acque pullulanti di pesci, waters swarming with fish. -
6 carnaio
carnaio s.m.1 ( ammasso di cadaveri) charnel house2 (spreg.) ( luogo affollato) very crowded place: la discoteca al sabato sera è un carnaio, you can't move for bodies on Saturday night at the disco.* * *la spiaggia è un carnaio — the beach is jam-packed o swarming with people
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8 pullulare
pullulare di be teeming or swarming with* * *pullulare v. intr.1 to spring* up (anche fig.): oggigiorno le case pullulano per tutta la città, nowadays houses are springing up all over the city; una città in cui pullulano le nuove attività culturali, a town where new cultural activities are springing up2 ( essere gremito) to swarm (with s.o., sthg.), to teem (with s.o., sthg.): la sala pullulava di gente, the hall was swarming with people; la spiaggia pullulava di gitanti, the beach was teeming with trippers; fiumi che pullulano di pesci, rivers teeming with fish.* * *[pullu'lare]pullulare di — to swarm o teem o seethe with
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10 formicaio
m (pl -ai) anthill* * *formicaio s.m.1 anthill, ant's nest, ant heap; formicary // stuzzicare un formicaio, (fig.) to stir up a hornet's nest2 (fig.) ( folla) swarm; crowd, mass of people: Era impossibile muoversi! La piazza era un vero formicaio di gente, It was impossible to move! There was a swarming mass of people; New York è un formicaio!, New York is a seething ant heap.* * ** * *formicaiopl. -ai /formi'kajo, ai/sostantivo m.anthill; fig. swarm, crowd. -
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12 la spiaggia è un carnaio
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13 rigurgitare
rigurgitare v. intr.1 ( di acque) to gush out, to flow out, to pour out; to gush back, to flow back, to pour back; ( straripare, traboccare) to overflow3 (fig.) ( brulicare) to swarm (with s.o.), to teem (with s.o.), to overflow (with s.o.); to be crowded (with s.o.), to be packed (with s.o.), to be crammed (with s.o.): le strade rigurgitano di gente, the streets are swarming (o are crowded) with people; i treni rigurgitavano di gente, the trains were packed with people4 (fig.) ( abbondare) to abound (in sthg.); to be crammed (with sthg.): negozi che rigurgitano di merce, shops chock-full of goods (o crammed with goods); la sua casa rigurgita di libri, his house is full to overflowing with books (o is full of books)◆ v.tr. to bring* up: il bambino ha rigurgitato un po' di latte, the baby brought up a little milk.* * *[riɡurdʒi'tare]1. vi2. vt(vomitare) to bring up* * *[rigurdʒi'tare] 1. 2.verbo intransitivo (aus. essere, avere)1) (traboccare) to overflow; (rifluire) to flow* back2) fig. (essere affollato) to be* packed (di with)* * *rigurgitare/rigurdʒi'tare/ [1](aus. essere, avere)1 (traboccare) to overflow; (rifluire) to flow* back2 fig. (essere affollato) to be* packed (di with). -
14 brulicante agg
[bruli'kante]brulicante di — (anche), fig swarming with, teeming with
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15 brulichio sm
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16 carnaio sm
[kar'najo] carnaio (-ai)(ammasso di cadaveri) charnel house, (fig : luogo affollato) -
17 formicaio sm
[formi'kajo] formicaio (-ai)(sporgente) anthill, (sotterraneo) ants' nest -
18 formicolare vi
[formiko'lare](aus avere nel significato a, essere nel significato b)1) (anche)(
fig : brulicare) formicolare di — to swarm with, be crawling o swarming with2) -
19 formicolio sm
[formiko'lio] formicolio (-lii)(brulichio) swarming, (prurito) tingling -
20 pullulare vi
[pullu'lare]
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