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1 lucidare
polishdisegno trace* * *lucidare v.tr.1 to polish; (tecn. cartaria) to plate, to glaze; (tess.) to lustre; (un metallo) to polish; to buff; (legno, a spirito) to French-polish: lucidare i pavimenti, to polish floors; lucidare le scarpe, to polish shoes (o fam. to give shoes a shine); lucidare a cera, to wax2 (ricalcare un disegno) to trace, to make* a trace of (sthg.).* * *[lutʃi'dare]verbo transitivo to polish (up) [mobile, pavimento, argento]; to polish, to shine*, to buff [ scarpe]; (con la cera) to wax* * *lucidare/lut∫i'dare/ [1]to polish (up) [mobile, pavimento, argento]; to polish, to shine*, to buff [ scarpe]; (con la cera) to wax. -
2 cera
1. f lookavere una brutta cera look awful2. f waxper lucidare polishcera da scarpe shoe polish* * *cera1 s.f. wax: cera autolucidante, self-polishing wax; cera da calzolaio, cobbler's wax; cera da pavimento, floor wax; cera da scarpe, shoe polish; cera di Spagna, sealing wax; cera vegetale, vegetable wax; cera vergine, beeswax; dare la cera, to wax // (chim.) cera del Giappone, Japan wax // (geol.) cera fossile, ozokerite (o ozocerite) // bianco come la cera, as white as a sheet // essere come cera nelle mani di qlcu., to be like putty (o wax) in s.o.'s hands // museo delle cere, waxworks.cera2 s.f. ( aspetto) air, look; appearance; ( espressione) expression; (letter.) mien: avere bella, buona cera, to look well; avere brutta cera, to look peaky // far buona cera a qlcu., to welcome s.o. heartily (o to give s.o. a hearty welcome).* * *I ['tʃera]sostantivo femminile wax; (per lucidare) polishdare la cera (al pavimento) — to wax o polish the floor
II ['tʃera]cera da o per pavimenti — floor polish o wax
sostantivo femminile (aspetto)avere una bella o buona cera to look very well; avere una brutta o cattiva cera — to be off colour, to look rough
* * *cera1/'t∫era/sostantivo f.\————————cera2/'t∫era/sostantivo f.(aspetto) avere una bella o buona cera to look very well; avere una brutta o cattiva cera to be off colour, to look rough. -
3 ceretta
ceretta s.f.1 ( lucido per scarpe) shoe polish, boot polish; blacking* * *[tʃe'retta]sostantivo femminile (per depilarsi) (depilatory) wax* * *ceretta/t∫e'retta/sostantivo f.(per depilarsi) (depilatory) wax; farsi la ceretta alle gambe to wax one's legs. -
4 lucidante
lucidante agg. polishing: cera lucidante per pavimenti, floor polishing wax◆ s.m. polish.* * *[lutʃi'dante]sostantivo maschile polish* * *lucidante/lut∫i'dante/sostantivo m.polish. -
5 cera sf
['tʃera](sostanza) waxmuseo delle cere — waxworks sg
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6 cera
sf ['tʃera](sostanza) waxmuseo delle cere — waxworks sg
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7 cera da o per pavimenti
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8 dare la cera (al pavimento)
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