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1 peccare
sinpeccare di be guilty of* * *peccare v. intr.1 ( commettere un peccato) to sin: hanno peccato contro Dio, they have sinned against God; peccare d'avarizia, di gola, to commit the sin of avarice, of greed; peccare mortalmente, to commit mortal sin; peccare di superbia, to commit the sin (o to be guilty) of pride; peccare contro uno dei comandamenti, to break one of the Commandments; peccare di ingratitudine, di leggerezza, to be guilty of ingratitude, of levity; peccare di presunzione, to be overpresumptuous // peccare di modestia, to be too modest // peccare per difetto, to fall short of what is required; peccare per eccesso, to exceed what is required2 ( essere manchevole, difettoso) to be deficient; to lack (sthg.); to be faulty: quella statua pecca nelle proporzioni, that statue is out of proportion.* * *[pek'kare]1) (commettere peccato) to (commit a) sin2) (sbagliare) to errpeccare per eccesso di generosità — to err on the side of generosity, to be overgenerous
* * *peccare/pek'kare/ [1](aus. avere)1 (commettere peccato) to (commit a) sin; peccare di gola to be guilty of the sin of gluttony; peccare di superbia to commit the sin of pride2 (sbagliare) to err; peccare di negligenza to err through carelessness; peccare per eccesso di generosità to err on the side of generosity, to be overgenerous. -
2 orgoglio
m pride* * *orgoglio s.m. pride: orgoglio smisurato, boundless pride; giusto, legittimo orgoglio, legitimate pride; stupido orgoglio, stupid pride; è pieno d'orgoglio, he is very proud; l'hai ferito nell'orgoglio, you've wounded his pride; è l'orgoglio della famiglia, he's the pride of the family.* * *1) pride, proudnessferire qcn. nell'orgoglio — to hurt o wound sb.'s pride
peccare di orgoglio — to err on the side of pride, to be too proud
2) (vanto) pride, glory* * *orgogliopl. - gli /or'goλλo, λi/sostantivo m.1 pride, proudness; ferire qcn. nell'orgoglio to hurt o wound sb.'s pride; peccare di orgoglio to err on the side of pride, to be too proud2 (vanto) pride, glory; essere l'orgoglio della famiglia to be the pride of one's family; questo museo è l'orgoglio della città this museum is the glory of the town. -
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