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Concise Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary © 2009 Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadori spa e Oxford University Press:
around /əˈraʊnd/ Around often appears as the second element of certain verb structures (come around, look around, turn around etc.): for translations, consult the appropriate verb entry (come, look, turn etc.). - Go around and get around generate many idiomatic expressions: for translations see the entries go and get.
- avv.
- (approximately) circa;
at ~ 3 pm verso le 15.00
- (in the vicinity) to be (somewhere) ~ essere nei paraggi;
is there anyone ~? c’è qualcuno?
are they ~? sono da queste parti?
I just happened to be ~ mi trovavo lì per caso
- (in circulation) CDs have been ~ for years sono anni che esistono i cd;
I wish I’d been ~ 50 years ago avrei voluto esserci 50 anni fa;
is he still ~? c’è ancora?
she’s been ~ fig. è una donna di mondo;
one of the most gifted musicians ~ uno dei musicisti più dotati del momento
- (available) to be ~ essere disponibile;
will he be ~ next week? ci sarà la prossima settimana?
there are still some strawberries ~ ci sono ancora delle fragole
- (in all directions) all ~ in giro;
(in general) tutto intorno, da ogni parte;
to go all the way ~ [fence] fare tutto il giro;
the only garage for miles ~ la sola officina nel giro di chilometri
- (in circumference) three metres ~ tre metri di circonferenza
- (in different direction) a way ~ un modo per aggirare [obstacle];
there is no way ~ the problem non esiste nessun modo per evitare il problema;
to go the long way ~ prendere la strada più lunga;
to turn sth. the other way ~ rigirare qcs.;
to do it the other way ~ farlo al contrario;
I didn’t ask her, it was the other way ~ non fui io a chiederlo a lei, accadde il contrario;
the wrong, right way ~ nel senso giusto, sbagliato;
to put one’s skirt on the wrong way ~ mettersi la gonna al contrario
- (anche BE round) (in specific place) she asked him (to come) ~ gli chiese di andare da lei;
she’s coming ~ today verrà oggi;
I’ll be ~ in a minute arrivo o sarò lì tra un minuto
- (approximately) circa;
- prep. (anche BE round)
- (on all sides of) intorno a, attorno a [fire, table, head];
the villages ~ Dublin i paesi nei dintorni di Dublino
- (throughout) clothes scattered ~ the room vestiti sparpagliati nella stanza;
(all) ~ the world intorno al mondo;
from ~ the world da tutto il mondo;
doctors ~ the world dottori di tutto il mondo;
to go ~ the world fare il giro del mondo;
to walk ~ the town fare un giro per la città
- (near) somewhere ~ the house in casa da qualche parte;
somewhere ~ Rome nei pressi, nei dintorni di Roma;
I like having people ~ the house mi piace avere gente in casa;
the people ~ here le persone del posto
- (at) verso, intorno a;
~ midnight, 1980 verso mezzanotte, intorno al 1980
- (in order to circumvent) to go ~ evitare [town centre];
evitare, aggirare [obstacle]
- (to the other side of) to go ~ the corner girare l’angolo;
to go ~ a bend prendere una curva;
~ the mountain oltre la montagna
- sart. he’s 90 cm ~ the chest ha 90 cm di torace.
- (on all sides of) intorno a, attorno a [fire, table, head];
'around' trovato anche in queste voci:
Inglese:
about
- all-around
- amble
- anyhow
- ask
- band
- bandy
- beltway
- blow
- boss
- browse
- bum
- bumbag
- caper
- cart
- cast
- cavort
- centre
- chase
- clock
- clown around
- clump
- cluster
- come
- conduct
- congregate
- corner
- countryside
- crowd
- cruise
- cup
- curl
- dictate
- draw
- drift
- ear
- eye
- faff about
- fart
- feel
- fiddle
- finger
- fish
- flail
- flash
- fling
- float
- flock
- flounce
Italiano:
affollare
- aggirare
- agitare
- angolo
- anima
- attorcigliare
- attorno
- bacchetta
- ballonzolare
- barcamenarsi
- bazzicare
- bighellonare
- braccio
- brandire
- brunello
- buttare
- calca
- cavare
- cavolata
- cazzeggiare
- cerchio
- cicerone
- cingere
- ciondolare
- circa
- circolare
- circolazione
- circondare
- collo
- colore
- comandare
- concentrare
- conoscere
- corona
- correre
- cretino
- crocchio
- crollare
- culo
- curiosare
- curva
- decidere
- dibattere
- dimagrire
- dintorni
- dislocare
- disposizione
- disseminare
- divulgare
- dribblare
around: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012
| Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali | |||
| around | adv | (in a ring or circle) | in cerchio avv |
| intorno avv | |||
| The dog ran around and around trying to catch its tail. | |||
| Il cane correva in cerchio, tentando di prendersi la coda. | |||
| around | adv | (in all directions) | attorno, intorno avv |
| Look around and note down everything you can see. | |||
| Guardati attorno e prendi nota di tutto quello che vedi. | |||
| around | adv | (on every side) | attorno, intorno avv |
| It's a beautiful house with trees all around. | |||
| È una bella casa con alberi tutto attorno. | |||
| around | adv | informal (experienced) to be around | avere esperienza vtr |
| idiomatica | saperla lunga vtr | ||
| He's been around and knows what to expect. | |||
| Ha esperienza e sa che cosa aspettarsi. | |||
| around | prep | (encircling) | attorno, intorno prep |
| Put the belt around your waist and then fasten it. | |||
| Metti la cintura attorno alla vita e poi allacciala. | |||
| around | prep | (from place to place) | per prep |
| in giro per | |||
| She travels around the country for her job. | |||
| Lei viaggia per il paese per motivi di lavoro. | |||
| around | prep | (approximately: time) | verso, circa avv |
| I'll see you around three o'clock. | |||
| Ci vediamo verso le tre. | |||
| around | prep | (approximately) | circa avv |
| It's around three inches tall and an inch wide. | |||
| È alto circa tre pollici e largo un pollice. | |||
| around | prep | (scattered through) | per, in giro per prep |
| Books were spread all around the room. | |||
| C'erano libri sparsi per tutta la stanza. | |||
| around | prep | (in or near) | in prep |
| nei pressi loc avv | |||
| Is James around the office somewhere? | |||
| James è qui in ufficio? | |||
| Additional Translations | |||
| around | adv | (circumference) | circonferenza nf |
| The vase is ten centimetres around. | |||
| Il vaso misura dieci centimetri di circonferenza. | |||
| around | adv | (surrounding a place) | nei dintorni avv |
| attorno, intorno | |||
| There are lots of shops around. | |||
| Ci sono molti negozi nei dintorni. | |||
| around | adv | (with a circular course) | intorno, attorno avv |
| The earth turns around on its axis. | |||
| La terra gira intorno al sole sul suo asse. | |||
| around | adv | (through a series of stops) plurale | dintorni nm pl |
| to show around | fare da guida vi | ||
| He's new here. Will you show him around? | |||
| Lui è nuovo qui. Gli mostri i dintorni? | |||
| Lui è nuovo di qui. Gli fai un po' da guida? | |||
| around | adv | (in circulation) | in giro avv |
| There are rumours going around. | |||
| Ci sono voci in giro. | |||
| around | adv | (recurring) to come around | arrivare⇒ vtr |
| Christmas comes around far too quickly each year. | |||
| Il Natale arriva sempre troppo presto ogni anno. | |||
| around | adv | (with roundabout direction) | attorno, intorno avv |
| The road goes around to the orchard. | |||
| La strada gira attorno all'orto. | |||
| around | adv | (in a circuit) | in cerchio avv |
| They were walking around, clearly lost. | |||
| Stavano camminando in cerchio, chiaramente si erano persi. | |||
| around | adv | (regaining consciousness) to come around | tornare in sé vi |
| to come around | rinvenire⇒ vi | ||
| He came around after a couple of minutes. | |||
| È tornato in sé dopo un paio di minuti. | |||
| around | adv | (to a certain place) | fare visita vtr |
| She came around to my house. | |||
| Lei è venuta a farmi visita a casa. | |||
| around | adv | (in existance) | esistere⇒, esserci vi |
| Plastic chairs have been around for thirty years. | |||
| Le sedie di plastica esistono da trent'anni. | |||
| around | prep | (on the edge) | attorno, intorno prep |
| They put a fence around the swimming pool. | |||
| Hanno messo un recinto attorno alla piscina. | |||
| around | prep | (in all directions) | attorno, intorno prep |
| There were roads leading off all around the house. | |||
| C'erano strade che partivano tutto attorno alla casa. | |||
| around | prep | (to various parts of) | in giro per prep |
| We should go around town and put posters up. | |||
| Dovremmo andare in giro per la città e attaccare dei manifesti. | |||
| around | prep | (to make a circle about) | attorno, intorno prep |
| They sat around the table wondering what to do next. | |||
| Stavano seduti attorno alla tavola domandandosi che cosa fare. | |||
| around | prep | (to rotate about an axis) | attorno, intorno prep |
| The moon goes around the earth. | |||
| La luna gira attorno alla Terra. | |||
| around | prep | (to overcome a problem) | su prep |
| They worked around the software bug by eliminating some features. | |||
| Hanno lavorato sul bug del software eliminando alcune funzioni. | |||
| Segnala un errore | |||
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| Compound Forms/Forme composte | |||
| all around | adv | US (everywhere) | dappertutto avv |
| all-around, all-round, UK | adj | US (versatile, multi-skilled) | multiforme agg |
| polivalente agg | |||
| all-around, all-round, UK | adj | US (comprehensive, total) | in tutto e per tutto |
| completo agg | |||
| around fifty | adj | (approximately fifty in number) | circa cinquanta |
| There were around fifty different tables at the job fair. | |||
| around fifty | adj | (approximately fifty years old) | sulla cinquantina |
| Interest in fast cars begins to decline around fifty. | |||
| around the clock | adv | (all the time, day and night) | giorno e notte |
| The engineers are working around the clock to get the project finished on time. | |||
| around the corner | dietro l'angolo | ||
| around the world | adv | (in many countries, all over the world) | in tutto il mondo |
| The Internet allows people around the world to share information. | |||
| around the world | adv | (going round the world) | attorno al mondo |
| Ferdinand Magellan's ship sailed around the world in the 1500s. | |||
| around-the-clock | adv | (constant) | senza sosta |
| giorno e notte | |||
| The journalist had to work around-the-clock to meet his deadline. | |||
| be around | vi | informal (be present or nearby) | essere nei paraggi, essere nelle vicinanze, essere in zona, essere vicino vi |
| I will be around this area anyway, so I could meet you later, around 6 o'clock-ish. | |||
| Call me if you need me, I'll be around until about six. | |||
| be around | vi | informal (approximately; quantity) | all'incirca |
| circa avv | |||
| It will be around 10pm by the I get back to my home. | |||
| be lugged around | vi | informal (sth heavy: be carried) | essere trasportato vi |
| beat around the bush | v | figurative (fail to speak to the point) figurato | menare il can per l'aia vtr |
| build sth around sth | v | (base sth on sth) | incentrare qualcosa su qualcosa vtr |
| bum around | vi | slang (be idle) | girare a vuoto, oziare⇒ vi |
| Over the holidays I just bummed around and watched TV. | |||
| Ha trascorso il pomeriggio girando a vuoto nel quartiere. | |||
| carry around | vtr | (take everywhere) | trasportare⇒, portare con sé vtr |
| Nota: phrasal verb, separable (to carry sthg around) | |||
| cluster around sth | v | (gather or form a group around sth) | radunarsi attorno a |
| come around, UK: come round | vi | (date, event: occur again) | ripresentarsi⇒ vi |
| avvenire nuovamente vi | |||
| come around, UK: come round | vi | (revise one's opinion) | cambiare opinione |
| come around, UK: come round | vi | (visit) | fare visita |
| come around, UK: come round | vi | (recover consciousness) | riprendere conoscenza |
| come around to sth | cambiare opinione (e concordare con l'interlocutore) | ||
| d***ing around | n | slang (frivolous or time wasting activity) volgare | cazzeggio nm |
| fiddle around, fiddle about | vi | informal (waste time doing sth trivial) | trastullarsi v rif |
| follow sb around | v | (trail sb) | seguire le tracce di vtr |
| fool around | vi | informal (behave in silly or frivolous way) | bighellonare⇒, gironzolare⇒ vi |
| fool around | vi | slang (have casual sex) | traduzione non disponibile |
| fool around with | vtr | slang (have casual sex with) | traduzione non disponibile |
| fool around with | vtr | informal (amuse self with, play with) | bighellonare insieme a vi |
| fooling around | fare lo stupido | ||
| f*** around | vi | slang, vulgar, offensive (behave in a time-wasting way) volgare | cazzeggiare⇒ vi |
| gather around | riunirsi; raggrupparsi intorno a qcn; radunarsi | ||
| gather around sth | radunarsi intorno a qcs, radunarsi attorno a qcs, raccogliersi attorno a qcs | ||
| get around | vi | informal (travel, move about) viaggiare: informale | girare⇒ vtr |
| I certainly get around a bit on my job because, this year, I've had to go to Korea, Australia, Turkey and South Africa. | |||
| How did you get around France during your trip there? | |||
| get around | vtr | (circumvent, avoid) | aggirare⇒, eludere⇒ vtr |
| You can't get around the problem by pretending it doesn't exist. | |||
| We need to get our heads together to decide how we are going to get around this problem. | |||
| Non puoi aggirare il problema facendo finta che non esista. | |||
| get around | vi | informal (circulate) notizia | circolare⇒ vi |
| notizia | spargersi v rif | ||
| When word got around that she was baking cookies, all the children appeared at her door. | |||
| get around | vtr | informal (sb: persuade by flattery) | ammansire⇒, addolcire⇒, ammorbidire⇒ vtr |
| You can't get round me with flattery and sweet words - you're not getting a new bike for Christmas, and that's the end to it! | |||
| Non tentare di ammansirmi con i tuoi complimenti, non ti comprerò una nuova bici per Natale! | |||
| get around to doing sth | v | (find time or motivation to do sth) | trovare tempo di fare qc, trovare voglia di fare qc vtr |
| getting around | evitare una situazione; aggirare una situazione | ||
| go around | vtr | (encircle, surround) | girare intorno vi |
| I had grown so fat that none of my belts would any longer go around my waist. | |||
| go around | vtr | (change path to avoid hitting sth) | girare intorno, fare il giro intorno vi |
| The radio advised of heavy traffic downtown, so we went around the city instead. | |||
| C'era un grosso ingorgo in centro, perciò abbiamo deciso di girare intorno alla città invece di attraversarla. | |||
| go around | vi | (be sufficient when distributed) | bastare per tutti vi |
| Do you think there'll be enough loaves and fishes to go around? | |||
| going around | il girare | ||
| going around in circles | il continuare a girare intorno | ||
| goof around | vi | slang (behave in a silly way) | fare il cretino vtr |
| hang around | vi | informal (wait) | aspettare⇒, restare ad aspettare⇒ vtr |
| hang around | vi | informal (loiter) | trattenersi v rif |
| It's annoying when youths hang around the bus stop intimidating customers. | |||
| E' vietato trattenersi fuori dai locali recando disturbo ai residenti. | |||
| bighellonare⇒, indugiare⇒ vi | |||
| hang around with | girare con; frequentare | ||
| hang around with sb | frequentare qc, accompagnarsi a qc | ||
| haul around | vtr | (carry: sth heavy or cumbersome) | trascinare⇒, portarsi dietro vtr |
| We will leave our luggage at the hotel, as we don't want to have to haul it around with us all day. | |||
| Lasceremo il bagaglio in hotel per non dover trascinarcelo dietro tutto il giorno. | |||
| have a close look around | v | (inspect one's surroundings) | darsi un'occhiata intorno v rif |
| have been around | vi | slang (have experience of life) informale | essere navigato vi |
| I've had so many jobs and lived in so many places that I feel like I've really been around. | |||
| È un uomo navigato: ne ha passate tante nella vita e ha fatto esperienze di tutti i generi. | |||
| horse around | vi | informative (behave in a silly or frivolous way) | fare il buffone vi |
| horse around | vi | US (behave in a silly, playful way) informale | fare lo scemo vi |
| The two brothers were horsing around when one of them got hurt. | |||
| horse around | UK (horse about) | fare il buffone vi | |
| horsing around | il giocare rumorosamente | ||
| jerk sb around | v | slang, vulgar (deceive sb, waste sb's time) colloquiale | menare qn per il naso vtr |
| joke around | vi | informal (speak lightheartedly) | parlare scherzosamente |
| just around the corner | adv | literal (in the next street) | appena dietro l'angolo |
| just around the corner | adv | figurative (waiting to happen) | che sta per succedere |
| kick around | essere nel mondo dei vivi v | ||
| kick around | essere in circolazione | ||
| kick sth around | v | informal, figurative (consider, debate: an idea) | discutere⇒, analizzare⇒ vtr |
| kid around | vi | informal (behave jokingly or playfully) | fare lo spiritoso |
| laze around | vi | (be idle, lounge about) | cincischiare⇒, gironzolare⇒, non fare niente vtr |
| On Saturdays, I like to just laze around the house instead of going out. | |||
| Al sabato preferisco gironzolare per casa tutto il giorno invece di uscire. | |||
| lie around | vi | (lounge about idly) | gironzolare⇒, girare⇒, perdere tempo vi |
| You said you would mow the lawn, but all you've done today is lie around the house. | |||
| The teenager chose to lie around for most of the day. | |||
| Non fai altro che girare per casa tutto il giorno! | |||
| lie around | vi | (remain idle or unused) | essere sparsi in giro |
| We have many old books that just lie around the attic waiting to be read. | |||
| look around | vi | (examine surrounding area) | guardare in giro |
| look around for | vtr | (seek in surrounding area) | cercare in giro |
| lounge around | vi | (sit idly) | gironzolare⇒, bighellonare⇒ vi |
| mess around | vi | informal (behave in a frivolous way) | giocare⇒ vi |
| trastullarsi v rif | |||
| volgare | cazzeggiare⇒ vi | ||
| mess around | vi | (act frivolously, aimlessly) | trafficare⇒ vi |
| My husband is messing around in the garage - I've no idea what he's doing in there. | |||
| My kids just mess around after school. | |||
| mess around with | vtr | (sth: use foolishly, spoil ) | giocherellare con, pastrocchiare con vi |
| Your painting is fine now, don't mess around with it any more or you will ruin it. | |||
| Don't mess around with my belongings. | |||
| Il dipinto che hai fatto è bello così: non continuare a giocherellarci adesso, sennò lo rovini. | |||
| mess around with | vtr | informal (tamper or fiddle with) | pasticciare con vi |
| mess around with | vtr | (sb: treat casually, tease) | scherzare con vi |
| fare scappatelle con vtr | |||
| avere rapporti sessuali con vtr | |||
| Why are you so upset? We were just messing around with you. | |||
| Don't mess around with me sonny or you'll regret it. | |||
| messing around | n | informal (silly or frivolous behaviour) | banalità, perdita di tempo nf |
| volgare | cazzeggio | ||
| Stop messing around and eat up your dinner! | |||
| messing around | n | slang (being sexually unfaithful) | infedeltà nf |
| scappatella nf | |||
| He hired a private detective to follow his wife and find out whether she was messing around. | |||
| mill around | circolare v | ||
| mill around | accalcarsi | ||
| monkey around | vi | informal (behave in a frivolous way) | giocare⇒, scherzare⇒ vi |
| volgare | cazzeggiare⇒ vi | ||
| monkeying around | adj | informal (behaving in a silly way) | scherzare⇒ vi |
| monkeying around | n | informal (silly behaviour) | ragazzate nfpl |
| colloquiale | frizzi e lazzi nmpl | ||
| move around | vi | (be mobile or active) muoversi | fare moto, fare del moto vtr |
| The doctor said I have to move around in order to maintain my weight. | |||
| He's always moving around, he never stays long in one place. | |||
| Il dottore ha detto che devo fare del moto per evitare di ingrassare. | |||
| essere in movimento vi | |||
| È sempre in movimento, non si ferma un minuto. | |||
| girare⇒, girovagare⇒, essere in giro vi | |||
| Gira continuamente, non sta mai più di una settimana nello stesso posto. | |||
| muck around | vi | slang (behave in a frivolous way) | giocare⇒, scherzare⇒ vi |
| volgare cazzeggiare | |||
| vi | |||
| mucking around | gingillarsi v | ||
| mucking around | cazzeggiare | ||
| nose around | vi | informal (pry, snoop) colloquiale | ficcanasare⇒, mettere il naso in vtr |
| The detective decided to nose around the slums to see what mischief was afoot. | |||
| Mia sorella ha il brutto vizio di ficcanasare nelle mie cose. | |||
| order around | dare ordini | spadroneggiare v | |
| order sb around | v | informal (be bossy towards sb) | dare ordini a qualcuno |
| comandare a bacchetta | |||
| ordered around | adj | informal (told what to do) | comandato a bacchetta |
| My older sister always ordered me around when we were kids. | |||
| parade sth around | ostentare in giro qcs vtr | ||
| pass around | vtr | (distribute, circulate) | far circolare |
| They passed around sandwiches and drinks at the party. | |||
| play around | vi | informal (experiment) | trafficare⇒ vi |
| play around | vi | informal (behave in a frivolous way) | giocherellare⇒ vi |
| trastullarsi v rif | |||
| play around with | vtr | informal (tamper or fiddle with) | armeggiare con vi |
| play around with | vtr | informal (amuse oneself with) | trastullarsi con v rif |
| Segnala un errore | |||
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a clip around the ear
A lip around the craft’s circumference
a little green around the crust
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All Around
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Around every corner is a piece of history
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around the block
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around the corner from the beautiful Trevi Fountain
around the corner from the hotel
around the moat
around the same time
around the world
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Around us there was a sea of cloud
As soon as I turned around, he bolted for the door
at around 2 o'clock
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A lip around the craft’s circumference
a little green around the crust
a mite peckish around the venom sacs
acquaintance from around the traps
All Around
all the girls around her say she gets it coming
Although you are half way around the world..
And if you're sort of travelling around London...
another end around
are you jerking me around?
Around
Around eight elderly people
Around every corner is a piece of history
Around our ears
around strings and pipes
Around Such Elements
around the block
around the circle
Around the corner / along
around the corner from the beautiful Trevi Fountain
around the corner from the hotel
around the moat
around the same time
around the world
Around to the front
Around town
Around us there was a sea of cloud
As soon as I turned around, he bolted for the door
at around 2 o'clock
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