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Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary © 2006 Oxford University Press:

cake /keɪk/ noun torta f;
(small) pasticcino m;
~ of soap saponetta f;
it was a piece of ~ fam è stato un gioco da ragazzi;
you can't have your ~ and eat it fig non si può avere la botte piena e la moglie ubriaca;
sell like hot ~s andare a ruba

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'cake' found in these entries:

English:

angel cake - cake mix - cake shop - cake tin - confection - dust - fruit cake - hot cake - ice - Madeira cake - sponge cake - tier - turn - wedding cake

Italian:

bavarese - cassata - charlotte - ciambella - colomba - dolce - pandolce - pandoro - pane - panettone - pasticceria - pasticcino - plum-cake - torta - tortiera - tutto

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Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali
cake	n	(dessert)	torta nf
I love cakes made with lots of chocolate.
Amo le torte fatte con un sacco di cioccolato.
Additional Translations
cake	n	(circle of food) cibo preparato con forma rotonda e piatta	disco nm
		cibo preparato con forma rotonda e piatta	tortino nm
Form the raw hamburger meat into cakes and fry them gently.
Formare dei dischi di carne cruda macinata e friggerli a fuoco moderato.
cake	n	(block) sapone	saponetta nf
I would like a nice new cake of lavender soap.
Vorrei una nuova saponetta alla lavanda.
cake	vi	(form a cake shape) compattarsi e diventare come una torta	rapprendersi vi pron ⇒
			incrostarsi vi ⇒
After you pour it into a mould, the compound will cake.
Dopo averlo versato nello stampo, il composto si rapprenderà.
cake	vtr	(form into a cake shape)	formare una torta vtr
Cake the explosive mixture, and carefully place it on the table.
Formare una torta con la miscela esplosiva posarla delicatamente sul tavolo.
cake	vtr	(cover)	incrostare vtr ⇒
The lorry's tyres were caked with mud.
Le gomme del camion erano incrostate di fango.
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Compound Forms/Forme composte
a piece of cake		fig. una cosa molto semplice	una passeggiata
almond cake			torta di mandorle
angel cake		torta	pan degli angeli
angel food cake			torta paradiso
birthday cake	n	(cake served at birthday party)	torta di compleanno nf
cake pan	n	US (baking tin for a cake)	teglia per dolci nf
In una cucina non deve mancare una teglia per dolci.
cake slice			paletta per dolci nf
chocolate cake	n	(cake made with chocolate)	torta di cioccolato nf
A devil's food cake is a light airy chocolate cake.
La torta di cioccolato è molto buona e sostanziosa.
			dolce al cioccolato nm
Mia madre fa un dolce al cioccolato che è la fine del mondo.
coconut cake			dolce al cocco
coffee cake			torta al caffè
fruit cake			torta alla frutta; panfrutto
have your cake and eat it too			avere la botte piena e la moglie ubriaca
it's a piece of cake			è una pacchia, è un gioco da ragazzi
layer cake			torta a strati
pat-a-cake			gioco da bambini in cui si battono le mani
patty-cake			tortino nm
piece of cake			cosa facilissima
piece of cake			fetta di torta
potato cake			torta di patate
pound cake			ricco dolce composto da uova, burro, farina, per una libbra ciascuno, o comunque in parti uguali
ring shaped cake		cucina	ciambella nf
sponge cake			pan di spagna
sponge cake		cucina	pan di Spagna nm
sponge-cake			pan di Spagna
take the cake			essere straordinario, essere insuperabile loc agg
take the cake			passare ogni limite, essere il colmo
tea cake			pasticcino nm
the icing on the cake			la ciliegina sul dolce
wedding cake			torta nunziale nf
yellow cake			ossido di uranio
yellow-cake			ossido di uranio nf
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Forum discussions with the word(s) 'cake' in the title:
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black log cake
Blowing out the candles on a birthday cake
cake storage conveyor
cake-stand
cannoli cheese cake
cherry on top of the cake
clam cake
corn cake
eat and cake
Frosted cake
funnel cake
hard cake
hoe cake
I am going to bake a chocolate cake, and John will bring the 13 candles
I can imagine the effort you have to do for finishing all that enormous cream cake
I love you more than a fat kid loves cake
icing on the cake
let the cake cool off
making a cake
Pie VS Cake
piece of cake
please God missus a soul cake
Pound cake
Seed cake
sheet cake
Straw cake
That really takes the biscuit/cake!
The best cake we ever had
To bake a cake
to eat cake in the tub
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