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1 cullare
rock* * *cullare v.tr.1 ( dondolare) ( nella culla) to rock; ( fra le braccia) to dandle, to cradle; ( cantando una ninna nanna) to lull: cullare un bimbo finché si addormenti, to rock a baby to sleep2 (estens.) to rock, to cradle: si sdraiò sul canotto cullato dalle onde, he lay outstretched in the rubber dinghy rocked by the waves3 ( illudere) to delude, to lull: cullare qlcu. con promesse, to delude (o beguile) s.o. with promises; cullare qlcu. con false speranze, to lull s.o. with false hopes◘ cullarsi v.rifl.1 to rock oneself2 ( illudersi) to cherish (sthg.), to indulge: si cullava nell'illusione di riuscire, he cherished (o indulged in) the illusion that he would succeed (o he deluded himself that he would succeed).* * *[kul'lare]1. vt(bambino) to rock, (fig : idea, speranza) to cherish2. vr (cullarsi)(gen) to sway* * *[kul'lare] 1.verbo transitivo1) (dondolare) to rock, to cradle [ bambino]; [ onde] to rock [ barca]2.verbo pronominale cullarsicullare in — to delude oneself in [illusione, speranza]
* * *cullare/kul'lare/ [1]II cullarsi verbo pronominalecullare in to delude oneself in [illusione, speranza]. -
2 cullare
[kul'lare]1. vt(bambino) to rock, (fig : idea, speranza) to cherish2. vr (cullarsi)(gen) to sway
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