dribs and drabs en el Diccionario Oxford Paravia de italiano

Traducciones de dribs and drabs en el diccionario inglés»italiano

dribs and drabs [ingl. brit. drɪbz (ə)n ˈdrabz, ingl. am. ˌdrɪbz ən ˈdræbz] SUST. npl

dribs and drabs in dribs and drabs:

in dribs and drabs arrive, leave

un po' alla volta, alla spicciolata

in dribs and drabs pay, receive

un po' alla volta

Traducciones de dribs and drabs en el diccionario italiano»inglés

un po' per volta

in dribs and drabs

spicciolata

in dribs and drabs

Traducciones de dribs and drabs en el diccionario inglés»italiano

I.drab¹ [ingl. brit. drab, ingl. am. dræb] SUST. (fabric)

drab

= tela grigia o marrone

II.drab¹ [ingl. brit. drab, ingl. am. dræb] ADJ.

drab colour, decor

smorto

drab lifestyle

monotono, scialbo

drab day

grigio, bigio

drab building, suburb

grigio, tetro

I.drab² [ingl. brit. drab, ingl. am. dræb] SUST. arc.

1. drab (untidy woman):

drab

sciattona f

2. drab (prostitute):

drab

sgualdrina f

II.drab² <forma in -ing drabbing, pret., part. pas. drabbed> [ingl. brit. drab, ingl. am. dræb] V. intr. arc.

drab

frequentare prostitute

and [ingl. brit. ənd, (ə)n, and, ingl. am. ænd, (ə)n] CONJ. When used as a straightforward conjunction, and is translated by e : to shout and sing = gridare e cantare; Tom and Linda = Tom e Linda; my friend and colleague = il mio amico e collega. - When and joins two or more nouns, definite articles, possessive adjectives or quantifiers are not repeated in English, but they are in Italian: the books and exercise books = i libri e i quaderni; her father and mother = suo padre e sua madre; some apples and pears = delle mele e delle pere. - And is sometimes used between two verbs in English to mean in order to (wait and see, go and ask, try and rest etc.); to translate these expressions, look under the appropriate verb entry (wait, go, try etc.). Note that the two verb forms involved are the same tense in English, whereas in Italian the second one is always in the infinitive: I'll try and come as soon as possible = cercherò di venire appena possibile. - For and used in telling the time and saying numbers, see the lexical notes. For more examples and other uses, see this entry.

1. and (joining words or clauses):

and

e

cups and plates

tazze e piatti

summer and winter

estate e inverno

there'll be singing and dancing

si canterà e si ballerà

he picked up his papers and went out

raccolse le sue carte e uscì

I think about you day and night

ti penso giorno e notte

2. and (in numbers):

two hundred and sixty-two

duecentosessantadue

three and three-quarters

tre e tre quarti

five and twenty arc. liter.

venticinque

3. and (with repetition):

more and more interesting

sempre più interessante

faster and faster

sempre più veloce

it got worse and worse

andò di male in peggio or sempre peggio

I waited and waited

aspettai per moltissimo tempo

to talk on and on

continuare a parlare

for days and days

per giorni e giorni

we laughed and laughed!

ridemmo a crepapelle!

there are friends and friends

ci sono amici e amici

4. and (for emphasis):

it's lovely and warm

fa proprio un bel calduccio

come nice and early

vieni presto

and he didn't even say thank you

e non disse nemmeno grazie

5. and (in phrases):

and all that

e tutto il resto

and that ingl. brit. coloq.

e cose così

and so on

e così via

and how! coloq.

eccome!

and?

e poi?

6. and (with negative):

I haven't got pen and paper

non ho né carta né penna

he doesn't like singing and dancing

non gli piace cantare né ballare

dribs and drabs en el diccionario PONS

Traducciones de dribs and drabs en el diccionario italiano»inglés

alla -a

in dribs and drabs

Traducciones de dribs and drabs en el diccionario inglés»italiano

drab <drabber, drabbest> [dræb] ADJ.

1. drab (dull):

drab food

insipido, -a

drab color

smorto, -a

drab existence

piatto, -a

2. drab (khaki colored):

drab

grigioverde

and [ən, ənd, stressed: ænd] CONJ.

1. and:

and (also)

e

and (before ‘i’ or ‘hi’)

ed

black and white

bianco e nero

food and drink

cibo e bevande

parents and children

genitori e figli

2. and MAT.:

2 and 3 is 5

2 più 3 fa 5

four hundred and twelve

quattrocentododici

3. and (then):

he left and everybody was relieved

quando se n'è andato tutti han tirato un respiro di sollievo

4. and (increase):

more and more

sempre più

better and better

sempre meglio

5. and (repetition):

I tried and tried

ho provato e riprovato

6. and (continuation):

he cried and cried

continuava a piangere

locuciones, giros idiomáticos:

and so on [or forth]

e così via

Ejemplos monolingües (no verificados por la redacción de PONS)

inglés

Right now, we're literally talking about dribs and drabs and the end piece of the pot roast.

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As one historian observes, his troops were both exhausted and strung out, and to commit them to battle in dribs and drabs was foolhardy in the extreme.

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