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Concise Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary © 2009 Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadori spa e Oxford University Press:
as forma debole /əz/ forma forte /æz/
  1. cong.
    1. (in the manner that) come;
      ~ you know come sai;
      ~ usual come di solito, come al solito;
      ~ is usual in such cases come accade abitualmente;
      do ~ I say fai come ti dico;
      ~ I see it per come la vedo io, secondo me;
      ~ I understand it a quanto ho capito;
      knowing you ~ I do, you’ll never get your degree conoscendoti, non ti laureerai mai;
      the street ~ it looked in the 1930s la strada così com’era negli anni trenta;
      ~ often happens come spesso accade;
      he lives abroad, ~ does his sister vive all’estero, come sua sorella;
      leave it ~ it is lascialo così com’è;
      we’re in enough trouble ~ it is siamo già abbastanza nei guai così;
      ~ one man to another da uomo a uomo;
      ~ with so many people in the 1960s, she... come molte altre persone negli anni ’60, lei...;
      ~ with so much in this country, the system needs to be modernized come molte altre cose in questo paese, il sistema ha bisogno di essere modernizzato;
      ~ it were per così dire
    1. (while, when) mentre;
      (over more gradual period of time) man mano che, via via che;
      ~ he grew older, he grew richer con il passare degli anni, diventava più ricco;
      ~ a child, he... da bambino, lui...
    1. (because, since) siccome, poiché, dato che;
      ~ you were out, I left a note dato che eri uscito, ti ho lasciato un biglietto
    1. (although) strange ~ it may seem, she never returned sebbene possa sembrare strano, lei non ritornò mai;
      comfortable ~ the house is, it’s still very expensive per quanto sia comoda, la casa è comunque troppo cara;
      try ~ he might, he could not forget it per quanto ci provasse, non riusciva a dimenticare
    1. the same... ~ lo stesso... che;
      I’ve got a jacket the same ~ yours ho una giacca come la tua;
      the same ~ always come sempre
    1. (expressing purpose) so ~ to do per fare
    1. as if come se;
      it’s not ~ if he hadn’t been warned! non è che non sia stato avvertito!
      he looked at me ~ if to say “I told you so” mi guardò come per dire “te l’avevo detto”;
      it looks ~ if we’ve lost sembra che abbiamo perso;
      ~ if by accident, magic come per caso, per magia
  1. prep.
    1. (in order to appear to be) come, da;
      dressed ~ a sailor vestito da marinaio;
      he is portrayed ~ a victim viene presentato come una vittima
    1. (showing function, status) come, in qualità di;
      he works ~ a pilot lavora come pilota;
      a job ~ a teacher un posto di insegnante;
      speaking ~ his closest friend, I... parlando come suo migliore amico, io...;
      my rights ~ a parent i miei diritti di genitore;
      with Lauren Bacall ~ Vivien con Lauren Bacall nella parte di Vivien
    1. (other uses) to treat sb. ~ an equal trattare qcn. come un proprio pari;
      he was quoted ~ saying that avrebbe detto che;
      it came ~ a shock è stato un vero shock
    1. as against contro, in confronto a;
      75% this year ~ against 35% last year il 75% di quest’anno contro il 35% dell’anno scorso
    1. as for quanto a, riguardo a
    1. as from, as of a partire da
    1. as such come, in quanto tale
    1. as to quanto a, riguardo a
  1. avv.
    1. (expressing degree, extent) ~... ~... così... come..., tanto... quanto...;
      he is ~ intelligent ~ you è intelligente come te;
      he is not ~ o so intelligent ~ you non è intelligente come te;
      he can’t walk ~ fast ~ he used to non riesce più a camminare così velocemente come faceva un tempo;
      ~ fast ~ you can il più velocemente possibile;
      he’s twice ~ strong ~ me è due volte più forte di me, ha il doppio della mia forza;
      I paid ~ much ~ he did ho pagato tanto quanto lui;
      ~ much, little ~ possible il più, meno possibile;
      ~ soon ~ possible il più presto o prima possibile;
      not nearly ~ much ~ non si avvicina neanche a, molto meno di;
      not ~ often non così spesso;
      the population may increase by ~ much ~ 20% l’aumento della popolazione può raggiungere ben il 20%, la popolazione può aumentare ben del 20%;
      ~ many ~ 10,000 people attended the demonstration ben 10.000 persone parteciparono alla manifestazione;
      she can play the piano ~ well ~ her sister suona il piano bene come sua sorella;
      they have a house in Nice ~ well ~ an apartment in Paris hanno una casa a Nizza e un appartamento a Parigi
    1. (expressing similarity) come;
      ~ before, she... come prima, lei...;
      I thought ~ much! era come pensavo!


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Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali
asadv (equally)uguale avv
Bob is five feet ten and Janet is just as tall.
Bob è alto cinque piedi e dieci, e Janet è alta uguale.
asadv (in the manner)come avv
As promised, here are the books on Shakespeare.
Come promesso, ecco i libri su Shakespeare.
asconj (in the manner of)come cong
Do as I say, not as I do.
Fai come ti dico, non come faccio.
asconj (correlative: such that)come cong
He's not so clever as everyone thinks.
Lui non è così furbo come si pensa.
asconj (while)mentre cong
As he was climbing the ladder, his hammer slipped from his belt.
Mentre stava salendo la scala, il martello gli è scivolato dalla cintura.
 
Additional Translations
asadv (considered to be)come avv
He thinks of himself as a great photographer.
Pensa a se stesso come a un grande fotografo.
asadv (for instance)come avv
She has lots of good qualities, such as intelligence or wit.
Lei ha molte buone qualità, come l'intelligenza e l'arguzia.
asconj (because)siccome cong
 dato che, visto che
I made you some coffee, as you don't like tea.
Siccome non ti piace il tè, ti ho fatto del caffè.
asconj (though)come cong
Tired as I was, I carried on working till the sun came up.
Stanco com'ero, ho continuato a lavorare fino al sorgere del sole.
as, as forconj (as for: referring to) as forper quanto riguarda loc cong
As for me, I would never vote for him.
Per quanto mi riguarda, non voterei mai per lui.
asconj (since)siccome cong
As you are already going to the store, you can buy some milk, too.
Siccome stai già andando al negozio, puoi comprare anche il latte.
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Compound Forms/Forme composte
according asa seconda che
account asconsiderare come
act asvtr (perform function of)fare da vi
When their first met each other, it was her sister who acted as matchmaker.
Quando si incontrarono la prima volta, fu la sorella a fare da organizzatrice.
also known asadj (having as an alternative name)altrimenti detto
 alias avv
Eva Perón, also known as Evita, was a controversial figure in Argentine politics.
appear asvtr (look like, seem to be)apparire come vi
 assomigliare a vi
as … as all get outadj (extremely)quanto di più ... si possa pensare
What? That's silly as all get out! You can't grow bananas in the desert.
Cosa? Questo è quanto di più stupido si possa pensare! Non puoi coltivare le banane nel deserto!
as a bonusadv (in addition)in aggiunta
 per buona misura
We're going on a hike in the mountains today, and as a bonus we'll have a picnic.
as a case in pointad esempio
as a childadv (during childhood)da bambino, da piccolo avv
As a child Henry was scared of dogs, but he later went on to become a vet.
Da piccolo Henry aveva paura dei cani, poi però è diventato veterinario.
as a consequenceadv (so, therefore)di conseguenza
The boy failed his math test. As a consequence, he cannot visit his friends this weekend.
as a consequence ofin seguito a
as a covera copertura
as a friendadv (preface to giving difficult news or advice)da amico
You know I say this as a friend, but I don't think that you should date him.
as a giftin dono
as a jokeadv (for humorous effect)per scherzo
 come battuta
Don't be upset, that comment was meant as a joke.
as a matter of course automaticamented'ufficio
as a matter of factadv (in fact, on the contrary)in realtà cong
 in effetti
as a matter of principleadv (on moral grounds)in linea di principio
as a pretextcome pretesto
as a professiondi professione
as a replacement foradv (as a substitute for)come sostituto di
Margarine is widely used as a replacement for butter.
as a resultadv (consequently)come conseguenza
as a result ofprep (due to, because of)a causa di
as a ruleadv (in general, usually)di norma
 di regola
As a rule, we go to bed early on weeknights.
as a substitute foradv (to replace, instead of)al posto di cong
She used two cups of milk as a substitute for three eggs called for by the recipe.
as a vocationper vocazione
as a wholeadv (all considered together)nel suo insieme
 complessivamente avv
 nel complesso
as above-mentionedcome sopra
as agreed uponcome d'accordo
as agreed with sbadv (in the way decided with sb)come d'accordo con
 come stabilito con
as alwaysadv (as is invariably the case)come sempre, come al solito avv
As always, Sally was chatting up the Australians.
as an alternativein alternativa
as an alternative toadv (instead of)al posto di cong
 come alternativa a
Soy milk can be used as an alternative to cows' milk for some recipes.
as an approximationapprossimativamente adv
as an examplead esempio
as an excusecome scusa
as an instanceper esempio
as atprep (as it stands on: a given date)a tutto
A tutt'oggi non è cambiato nulla.
as attested bycome attestato da
as best as you canal meglio delle tue capacità
as best you canadv (to the best of your ability)al meglio che puoi
Muddle through as best you can, and we'll fix the mistakes later.
as by law enacteda norma di legge
as can beche si può
as compared withprep (in comparison to)al confronto di
as compensationa risarcimento
as desiredadv (however and whenever one wishes)come desiderato
 a piacere
as detailed belowadv (in the way described further on)come descritto più avanti
as easy as pieadj (very easy)un gioco da ragazzi
as everadv (as is always the case)come sempre, come al solito avv
He is handsome as ever.
The bus was late, as ever!
Il bus era in ritardo come sempre.
as expectedadv (as thought probable)come previsto
As expected, all the crops withered because of the drought.
as far afield asprep (as distant as)tanto distante quanto
as far afield asprep (as different from the subject as)tanto diverso quanto
as far asprep (the same distance as)distante come, distante tanto quanto, alla stessa distanza di
Our new grocery store is just as far as the old one.
Il nuovo fruttivendolo è distante tanto quanto quello vecchio.
as far as I am concernedadv (in my opinion)a mio avviso
As far as I'm concerned, that was the best film of the year.
as far as I am concernedadv (as for me, as regards me)per quanto mi riguarda
As far as I'm concerned, I never want to eat another fried alligator steak.
as far as I knowadv (to my knowledge)che io sappia, per quanto ne so, per quello che ne so
As far as I know, the bank approved the loan.
The boss is in his office, as far as I know.
Che io sappia, il capo è in ufficio.
as far as I'm concernedadv (in my opinion)secondo me
as far as possibleadv (to the greatest possible extent)il più possibile
Please avoid cell phone usage as far as possible during your visit.
as far as the eye can seelontanissimo
as far as the eye can seea perdita d'occhio
as far as you knowper quel che ne sai
as far back asprep (as long ago as)tanto indietro nel tempo quanto
as followsadv (in the following way)seguente agg
The instructions are as follows:.
Le istruzioni sono le seguenti: ...
 come segue avv
as forprep (with regard to)per quanto riguarda, riguardo, circa, in quanto a, a proposito di, in riferimento a prep
As for this guy, I don't think he's going anywhere in life.
Per quanto riguarda questo ragazzo, non credo combinerà nulla nella vita.
as for meadv (as far as I am concerned)quanto a me
as fromprep (starting on)da, a partire da prep
Nota: Not used in American English except in accounting.
You will need to arrive 10 minutes earlier as from tomorrow.
Da domani dovrai arrivare dieci minuti prima.
as general rule di solitogeneralmente adv
as good asprep (of equal quality to)altrettanto buono quanto
 tanto bravo quanto
He is as good at maths as my brother.
as good asprep (more or less)praticamente avv
I've worked all night on the picture so it is as good as finished.
Ho lavorato a ritoccare quell'immagine tutta la notte, quindi è praticamente terminata.
as good as newadj (successfully repaired or restored)come nuovo
John fixed my bike and now it's as good as new!
as good as they comeadj (the best available)non c'è di meglio
as how similitudinecome
as I see itadv (in my opinion)a mio parere
as I was sayingadv (used to resume speech after interruption)come dicevo
as ifconj (as though)come se
as ifinterj familiar (expressing scepticism)già inter
 come no inter
 pare vero inter
as if to sayadv (in a way suggestive of sth)come per dire
He nodded at her as if to say goodbye.
as isadv (in its current state)così com'è
 come si trova
as is the customcome è uso
as is usualcome è d'abitudine
as it emergesadv (as has transpired)da come si direbbe
as it isadv colloquial (as the situation stands)da come stanno le cose
As it is, we'll be lucky to arrive before dark!
as it isadv (in its current state)così com'è
We'll have to make do with the vehicle we have, such as it is.
as it is saidcome si dice
as it may become potrebbe essere
as it ought to beadv (the correct, proper state of affairs)come si conviene
as it ought to beadv (in an ideal state)in condizioni ideali
as it seemscome sembra
as it should beadv (the correct, proper state of affairs)come è giusto
as it should beadv (in a desirable state)in condizioni ottimali
as it turns outadv (as has transpired)a quanto pare
as it wereadv idiom (so to speak)per così dire
as little asprep (a quantity as small as)piccolo come
The cat is as little as a mouse.
as long asconj (providing that)fin quando
 fintanto che cong
as long asconj (while)mentre cong
as long asprep (equal in length to)di lunghezza pari a
as luck would have itadv idiom (fortunately)fortuna volle che
As luck would have it, the strike started the day I was due to fly home.
as many la medesima quantitàaltrettanto avv
as many asadv (the same number as)tanti quanti
The Lakers had as many all-stars as the Bulls but still lost the game by 20 points.
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