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1 challenge
I ['tʃælɪndʒ]1) (provocation) sfida f.to put out o issue a challenge lanciare una sfida; to take up a challenge — raccogliere o accettare una sfida
2) (situation or opportunity) (stimulating) sfida f.; (difficult) prova f.to rise to o meet the challenge affrontare la sfida, essere all'altezza della prova; to face a challenge affrontare una sfida; unemployment is a challenge for us la disoccupazione è un problema con cui ci dobbiamo misurare; the challenge of new ideas — gli stimoli dati dalle nuove idee
3) (contest)to make a challenge for — cercare di vincere [ title]; cercare di conquistare [ presidency]
4) (questioning) contestazione f. (to di)5) sport sfida f.II ['tʃælɪndʒ]1) (invite to justify) sfidare [ person] ( to do a fare)to challenge sb. to a duel — sfidare qcn. a duello
2) (question) mettere in discussione [ ideas]; contestare [statement, authority]; [ sentry] dare il chi va là a3) (test) mettere alla prova [skill, person]* * *[' ælin‹] 1. verb1) (to ask (someone) to take part in a contest: He challenged his brother to a round of golf.) sfidare2) (to question (someone's authority or right, the truth of a statement etc).) mettere in dubbio2. noun1) (an invitation to a contest: He accepted his brother's challenge to a fight.) sfida2) (the act of questioning someone's right, a statement etc.) (il mettere in dubbio)•- challenging* * *I ['tʃælɪndʒ]1) (provocation) sfida f.to put out o issue a challenge lanciare una sfida; to take up a challenge — raccogliere o accettare una sfida
2) (situation or opportunity) (stimulating) sfida f.; (difficult) prova f.to rise to o meet the challenge affrontare la sfida, essere all'altezza della prova; to face a challenge affrontare una sfida; unemployment is a challenge for us la disoccupazione è un problema con cui ci dobbiamo misurare; the challenge of new ideas — gli stimoli dati dalle nuove idee
3) (contest)to make a challenge for — cercare di vincere [ title]; cercare di conquistare [ presidency]
4) (questioning) contestazione f. (to di)5) sport sfida f.II ['tʃælɪndʒ]1) (invite to justify) sfidare [ person] ( to do a fare)to challenge sb. to a duel — sfidare qcn. a duello
2) (question) mettere in discussione [ ideas]; contestare [statement, authority]; [ sentry] dare il chi va là a3) (test) mettere alla prova [skill, person] -
2 challenge **** chal·lenge
['tʃælɪndʒ]1. nsfida, (of sentry) intimazione fto take up the challenge — accettare or raccogliere la sfida
2. vt(to contest) sfidare, (subj: sentry) intimare l'alt etc a, (dispute: fact, point, statement, right) mettere in dubbio, contestareto challenge sb to a fight/game — sfidare qn a battersi/ad una partita
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3 duel
I ['djuːəl] [AE 'duːəl]nome duello m. (anche fig.)II ['djuːəl] [AE 'duːəl]* * *['djuəl] 1. noun1) (a fight (with swords or pistols) between two people over a matter of honour etc.) duello2) (any contest between two people or two sides: a duel for first place.) lotta2. verb(to fight a duel.) duellare, battersi in duello* * *['djʊəl]1. n2. vi* * *duel /ˈdju:əl, USA ˈdu:əl/n.duello; (fig.) contesa, scontro: to challenge sb. to a duel, sfidare q. a duello; to fight a duel, battersi in duello; a verbal duel, uno scontro verbale.(to) duel /ˈdju:əl, USA ˈdu:əl/v. i.duellare; battersi in duello.* * *I ['djuːəl] [AE 'duːəl]nome duello m. (anche fig.)II ['djuːəl] [AE 'duːəl]
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