| Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali |
| dark | adj | (without light) | buio agg |
| The house was dark when I woke up. |
| La casa era buia quando mi sono svegliato. |
| dark | adj | (colour tone) | scuro agg |
| Richard is wearing a dark green shirt. |
| Richard indossa una camicia verde scuro. |
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| Additional Translations |
| dark | adj | (opaque) | scuro agg |
| We opened the dark lantern to let out a ray of light. |
| Abbiamo aperto il lucernario scuro per fare uscire un raggio di luce. |
| dark | adj | (threatening) | scuro agg |
| The sky was full of dark clouds. |
| Il cielo era pieno di nuvole scure. |
| dark | adj | (voice: deep) | cupo agg |
| The viola has a darker tone than the violin. |
| La viola ha un tono più cupo del violino. |
| dark | adj | (evil) | oscuro agg |
| Many people consider him good, but he has a dark side, too. |
| Molte persone lo considerano buono, ma ha anche un lato oscuro. |
| dark | adj | (mysterious) | misterioso, oscuro agg |
| A dark stranger came to town. |
| Uno straniero misterioso è arrivato in paese. |
| dark | adj | (secret) | oscuro, misterioso agg |
| People say she has a dark past. |
| La gente dice che ha un passato oscuro. |
| dark | adj | (complexion) | scuro agg |
| Many people find dark skin attractive. |
| Molti trovano attraente la pelle scura. |
| dark | adj | (gloomy) | grigio agg |
| I don't feel like going out on dark days. |
| Non mi piace uscire nelle giornate grigie. |
| dark, the dark | n | (lack of light) | oscurità nf |
| | | buio nm |
| He couldn't see the phone in the dark. |
| Non riusciva a vedere il telefono nell'oscurità. |
| Non riusciva a vedere il telefono al buio. |
| dark | n | (end of daylight) | buio nm |
| My parents want me home before dark. |
| I miei genitori vogliono che io torni a casa prima che faccia buio. |
| dark, the dark | n | (without electricity) | buio nm |
| | | oscurità nf |
| The town was left in the dark after the storm. |
| Il paese è rimasto al buio dopo la tempesta. |
| Segnala un errore |
| Compound Forms/Forme composte |
| afraid of the dark | adj | (scared of darkness) | timoroso del buio |
| be in the dark | | | essere all'oscuro |
| dark adaptation | | | adeguamento al buio |
| dark age | | | epoca buia |
| dark ages | npl | figurative (unenlightened situation) | anni oscuri, anni bui nmpl |
| He considered his adolescence the dark ages of his life, a time before he knew anything. |
| Gli anni bui di Napoleone occorsero durante la sua prigionia all'sola d'Elba. |
| | | periodo buio, periodo oscuro nm |
| dark and gloomy | adj | (weather: with grey skies) | grigio e cupo agg |
| Bring your coat with you - it's dark and gloomy out. |
| dark and gloomy | adj | (mood, outlook: miserable, pessimistic) | fosco, cupo agg |
| The economic forecast for the next year is dark and gloomy. |
| La recessione non è finita, le previsioni economiche rimangono fosche. |
| dark and gloomy | adj | (scene, house: ominous, grim) | tetro agg |
| It was a dark and gloomy night and all around was a sense of doom. |
| Questa casa ha un che di tetro. |
| dark beer | | | birra scura |
| dark black | | | nerissimo agg |
| dark blue | n | (navy or deep-blue colour) | blu scuro nm |
| People wearing dark blue are hard to see at night. |
| dark blue | adj | (navy or deep blue in colour) | blu scuro agg |
| People wearing dark blue clothing are hard to see at night. |
| dark brown | | | marrone scuro agg |
| dark chocolate | n | (plain or non-milk chocolate) | cioccolato fondente nm |
| Dark chocolate has become very popular as of late. |
| | | cioccolato scuro nm |
| Mi piace tanto il cioccolato scuro, specialmente quello con 85% cacao. |
| dark cloud | n | literal (grey cloud threatening rain) | nuvola scura nf |
| They went outside to play despite the dark clouds that were quickly moving in. |
| dark cloud | n | figurative (bad omen, pessimism) | nuvola nera nf |
| The bad news placed a dark cloud over her happiness. |
| dark clouds | npl | literal (grey clouds threatening rain) colloquiale | nuvoloni nmpl |
| The rains will come soon - the air is heavy, and dark clouds are gathering over the hills. |
| Guarda che nuvoloni, sta per scatenarsi un temporale. |
| dark clouds | npl | figurative (bad omen) | nuvole nere nfpl |
| In 1938, the dark clouds of war were once again gathering over Europe. |
| dark comedy | n | (black humour, macabre comedy) | commedia nera nf |
| The play was a dark comedy filled with deliciously macabre characters. |
| Un esempio di commedia nera è il film "Detenuto in attesa di giudizio", nel quale il protagonista viene arrestato per un errore giudiziario. |
| | | film di umorismo nero nm |
| dark corner | | | angolo buio |
| dark depths | | | profondità oscure |
| dark glasses | npl | (sunglasses, tinted spectacles) | occhiali scuri nmpl |
| Some people wear dark glasses all the time, as a fashion statement, even when there's no need, |
| He thought it was fashionable to wear his dark glasses at night. |
| Nell'abbigliamento stile Blues Brothers non possono mancare gli occhiali scuri. |
| dark hair | n | (brunette or brown hair) | capelli scuri nmpl |
| She has naturally dark hair but she dyes it blond. |
| dark haired, dark-haired | adj | (brunette) dai capelli scuri | moro, bruno agg |
| Nota: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun |
| Is Jane the dark-haired girl or the blonde? |
| Jane è la ragazza mora o quella bionda? |
| dark horse | n | figurative (secretive person) | persona misteriosa nf |
| I don't trust her; she's a dark horse. |
| dark horse | n | (racehorse about which little is known) | partecipante non quotato |
| dark horse | n | (political candidate about whom little is known) | outsider nm |
| At first, Obama was a dark horse, but he emerged to win the election! |
| dark magic | n | (witchcraft, black magic) | magia nera nf |
| dark meat | n | (poultry: flesh of the legs) | carne scura nf |
| The dark meat of the bird is often the tastiest part. |
| dark of night | n | (night time, middle of the night) | cuore della notte nm |
| In the dark of night the forest became a place of menace. |
| Fu svegliato nel cuore della notte dai rumori dei ladri. |
| dark secret | | | segreto oscuro |
| dark shade | | | ombra scura |
| dark skin | n | (brown or olive complexion) | pelle scura nf |
| African American mothers often have difficulty finding dolls with dark skin. |
| dark skinned, dark-skinned | adj | (non-white: not Caucasian) | di carnagione scura agg |
| Nota: hyphen used when term is before a noun |
| Sunburnt John in his Hawaiian shirt contrasted with the dark-skinned natives. |
| Il missionario bianco spiccava in mezzo ai nativi di carnagione scura. |
| dark skinned, dark-skinned | adj | (tanned) | abbronzato agg |
| Nota: Potential racist overtones. |
| Sheila was so dark-skinned after all the years abroad that I hardly recognised her. |
| Sheila era così abbronzata, dopo la lunga permanenza all'estero, che la riconobbi a fatica. |
| dark star | | | compagno oscuro |
| dark wood | n | (wood of dark brown colour) | legno scuro nm |
| dark-blue | | | blu scuro adj |
| dark-brown | | (brownish) | marrone scuro adj |
| dark-eyed | | | dagli occhi scuri adj |
| dark-gray | | US | grigio scuro adj |
| dark-green | | | verde scuro adj |
| dark-haired | | (having dark hair) | dai capelli scuri adj |
| dark-haired | | | dai capelli scuri adj |
| dark-orange | | | arancione scuro adj |
| dark-red | | | rosso scuro adj |
| deep dark secret | | | oscuro segreto nm |
| glow-in-the-dark | adj | (luminous) | luminescente agg |
| grope in the dark | | incertezza | brancolare nel buio nm |
| in a dark corner | | | in un angolo buio, nascosto |
| in the dark | adv | (where there is no light) | al buio avv |
| The lights in the cave went out, leaving the tourists in the dark. |
| With the heavy clouds covering the stars and moon, they walked in the dark along the path. |
| Per un guasto alla centrale elettrica, la città è rimasta al buio per tutta la notte. |
| in the dark | adv | figurative (uniformed, without knowledge of sth) | all'oscuro avv |
| There must be an answer to this problem, but I admit I'm in the dark. |
| She was surprised by the party, because her friends kept her in the dark when planning it. |
| In certi regimi politici la popolazione è tenuta all'oscuro di quanto succede nel resto del mondo. |
| in the dark of night | adv | (at night) | nel buio della notte, nell'oscurità della notte avv |
| The owl is able to hunt in the dark of night because it has specially adapted eyes. |
| Il gufo può cacciare tranquillamente nel buio della notte grazie alla sua vista notturna. |
| night-dark | | | scuro come la notte |
| pitch dark | adj | (totally without light) | buio come la pece |
| pitch dark | n | (total darkness, blackness) | oscurità totale nf |
| pitch-dark | | | nero come pece |
| shot in the dark | | | ipotesi azzardata |
| shot in the dark | | | sparo nel buio |
| the dark | | | il buio nm |
| wine-dark | | | del colore del vino |
| Segnala un errore |