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cow /kaʊ/ noun vacca f, mucca f

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'cow' found in these entries:

English:

dairy cow - hog-tie - mad cow disease - rancher - sacred cow

Italian:

cappello - cow-boy - elefantessa - morbo - mostro - mucca - vacca

cow: WordReference English-Italian Dictionary © 2010

Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali
cow	n	(female bovine)	mucca, vacca nf
The cow needed to be milked twice daily.
La mucca doveva essere munta due volte al giorno.
Additional Translations
cow	n	(female animal)	femmina nf
Note: Usare il sostantivo femminile dell'animale (nell'esempio 'elefantessa').
The cow was going to give birth to a baby elephant.
La femmina di elefante stava per dare alla luce un cucciolo.
cow	n	slang (obese woman) offensivo	vacca nf
			barca nf
She wasn't so fat before, but now she is a real cow.
Non era così grassa prima, ma ora è proprio una vacca!
cow	n	figurative (sb who eats a lot)	mangione, ingordo nm
		figurato, colloquiale	maiale nm
Don't be such a cow. Stop eating.
Non essere così mangione, smettila.
Non fare il maiale, smettila.
cow	n	(unpleasant woman)	strega nf
			megera nf
I hate my new teacher. She's such a cow!
Odio la mia nuova insegnante, è proprio una strega!
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Compound Forms/Forme composte
dairy cow	n	(cow kept for milking)	mucca da latte, vacca da latte nf
We kept a dairy cow, and it was my brother's job to milk her.
Una mucca da latte probabilmente vive più a lungo di una mucca da carne!
holy cow		colloquiale	porca vacca!
holy cow		esclamazione	santo cielo!, cribbio!
holy cow (!)			porca vacca!
holy cow!			porca miseria! excl
milk cow			mucca da latte
sacred cow			dogma
sacred cow			vacca sacra
sea cow			lamantino
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Forum discussions with the word(s) 'cow' in the title:
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Blame it on the cow who lives in the apartment above us
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Cash cow
cow milking gesture
cow parsley
don't have a cow
eye of the cow
Full grain cow hide leather trims
preacher's prick up a cow's ass
Sacred cow
The Cow Shed

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