| Compound Forms/Forme composte |
| answer the door | v | (open front door to a caller) | aprire la porta |
| at death's door | adv | (very ill, about to die) | in punto di morte |
| at your door | | | alla tua porta |
| back door | n | literal (door at the rear of a building) | porta posteriore nf |
| | | porta di servizio |
| back door | n | figurative, informal (illegitimate means to acquire a job, position) | canale informale nm |
| | | metodo illecito nm |
| back door | n | figurative, informal (undocumented access to computer) | accesso non autorizzato nm |
| | informatica | porta d'accesso per hacker |
| back-door | | | dalla porta sul retro adv |
| barn door | n | (door of a farm building) | porta della stalla, porta del granaio nf |
| Buying an alarm system after you've been burgled is a lot like closing the barn door after the horses are out. |
| Di sera chiudo sempre la porta della stalla. |
| cabin door | n | (entrance or exit in an aeroplane) | portellone nm |
| cellar door | n | (door leading into basement) | porta della cantina nf |
| Be careful going through the cellar door because the stairs are very steep. |
| He went to get another bottle of wine and walked straight into the cellar door. |
| Attento quando apri la porta della cantina perché le scale sono molto ripide. |
| close the door on | vtr | figurative (rule out, exclude) | precludere⇒ vi |
| The politician's latest comments, unfortunately, closed the door on a peace agreement between the two countries. |
| Il suo comportamento ha precluso ogni possibile accordo. |
| close the door on | vtr | literal (on sb: shut door to exclude) | chiudere la porta in faccia vtr |
| Non mi voleva alla riunione così mi ha chiuso la porta in faccia. |
| closed-door | | | a porte chiuse adj |
| door chain | n | (metal security device for a door) | catena di sicurezza |
| door closer | | | chiudiporta nf |
| door frame | n | (structure surrounding a door) di porta | telaio nm |
| If you slam the door, you will damage the door frame. |
| Ho ordinato porte e telai ad un esperto falegname. |
| door furniture | | | maniglie e accessori per porte |
| door gasket | n | (seal on the door of an appliance) | guarnizione della porta |
| door handle | n | (fixture or knob for opening a door) di porta | maniglia nf |
| Don't kick the door open - use the door handle! |
| Usate la maniglia per chiudere la porta, non sbattetela! |
| door hanger | | | flyer, cartoncini da appendere alla porta |
| door hinge | n | (joint that attaches door frame and door) di porta | cardine nm |
| The door squeaks when it's opened; you need to oil the door hinge. |
| La porta cigolava sui cardini. |
| door key | n | (key to the door of a building) | chiave, chiave della porta nf |
| Nota: It is very rare that someone would say "door key" unless to specify that it is for a door as opposed to some other sort of lock, such as, this is the door key, this is the car key, etc. |
| In modern hotels the door key is a plastic card. |
| Negli hotel moderni la chiave della porta è una tessera di plastica. |
| door knocker | n | (metal fixture for knocking at a door) | batacchio nm |
| The door knocker on Jane's house is in the shape of a schnauzer and you lift its snout to knock on the door. |
| Era una porta antica, per avvisare non c'era il campanello ma solo un batacchio di bronzo. |
| door latch | | | chiavistello nm |
| door lock | n | (metal fixture for securing a door shut) | serratura nf |
| After the thief broke in, I had a hard time replacing the door lock. |
| Dopo l'irruzione dei ladri, ho avuto il mio da fare per sostituire la serratura. |
| | | chiavistello nm |
| door mat | | | zerbino nm |
| door opener | | | apriporta nf |
| door operator | n | (automatic door-opening mechanism ) | apriporta nm |
| door panel | | di porta | pannello nm |
| door prize | n | (sth won in a ticket raffle) | premio di partecipazione |
| door switch | | | interruttore per porta |
| door to door, door-to-door | adv | (selling: from one door to another) | porta a porta avv |
| Nota: hyphen used when term is adj before a noun |
| I got my start in sales selling vacuum cleaners door to door. |
| Il mio mestiere è la vendita porta a porta. |
| door to door, door-to-door | adj | (sales: from one door to another) | porta a porta agg |
| I started my sales career as a door-to-door insurance salesman. |
| Ho cominciato facendo il venditore porta a porta. |
| door to door, door-to-door | adj | (shipping: all-inclusive service) | da porta a porta |
| Are those shipping costs door-to-door or port-to-port? |
| door-to-door | | | di porta in porta adv |
| door-to-door sales | npl | (attempt to sell sth by knocking on doors) | vendita porta a porta nf |
| door-to-door salesman | n | (sb who sells sth by knocking on doors) | venditore porta a porta mn |
| James is a door-to-door vacuum salesman. |
| Giacomo è un venditore porta a porta di aspirapolvere. |
| fire door | n | (fire-resistant inner door) | porta tagliafuoco nf |
| The employees were told off for wedging the fire doors open in the hot weather. |
| È severamente vietato mantenere aperte le porte tagliafuoco. |
| folding door | | | porta a libro |
| French door | n | (door with floor-length window) | portafinestra, porta finestra nf |
| The French doors bring a lot of light into the room. |
| Grazie alle portefinestre che abbiamo in salotto, la stanza è sempre ben illuminata e ariosa. |
| from door to door | | | da porta a porta |
| front door | n | (entrance door at the front of a house) | ingresso principale nm |
| My family usually goes in and out of the house by the kitchen door, but we prefer that guests use the front door. |
| La mia casa ha un ingresso principale dalla strada ed uno secondario dal cortile. |
| | | porta principale nf |
| Per la porta principale serve una chiave diversa rispetto a quella della porta sul retro. |
| garage door | n | (door of place where vehicle is kept) | porta del garage nf |
| girl next door | | | la ragazza della porta accanto |
| hall door | | | ingresso principale |
| inner door | n | (interior door) | porta interna nf |
| The inner door of this room has not been painted yet. |
| Dobbiamo sostituire la maniglia di una delle porte interne, perché si è rotta. |
| just next door | | | proprio qui accanto |
| keep the door open | v | figurative (allow for a possibility) figurato | lasciare una porta aperta |
| | | mantenere uno spiraglio |
| leave the door open | | | lasciare la porta aperta |
| leave the door open for | vtr | figurative (allow for the possibility of) figurato | lasciare la porta aperta a |
| leave the door open to | | | lasciare la porta aperta a vtr |
| listen at the door | vi | (eavesdrop) | origliare alla porta, ascoltare dietro la porta vi |
| You will hear what they say if you quietly listen at the door. |
| Per scoprire che cosa stavano tramando i bambini, ho dovuto origliare alla porta. |
| lock the door | v | (close and secure the door with a key) | chiudere la porta a chiave vtr |
| I always set the burglar alarm and lock the door when I go out. |
| Don't forget to lock the door behind you when you leave. |
| Quando sono in casa da sola, chiudo sempre la porta a chiave e inserisco l'allarme. |
| next door | adv | (in the next house along) | della porta accanto, della casa accanto avv |
| I like my next-door neighbors. |
| next door | n | informal (one's next-door neighbours) | vicini della porta accanto, vicini della casa accanto nmpl |
| I see that next door have visitors over the holidays. |
| next door to | | | porta a porta con |
| next-door | | | porta accanto |
| next-door neighbor, UK: next-door neighbour | n | US (sb living in next house or apartment) | vicino della porta accanto nm |
| open door, open-door | n | (policy of inclusion) | porte aperte nfpl |
| Nota: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun |
| My boss has an open-door policy -- he wants his employees to feel comfortable talking to him any time. |
| open the door to | | | aprire la porta a, dare il via |
| open the door to sth | | | aprire la strada a qualcosa vtr |
| open the door to sth | | | rendere possibile qualcosa, far cominciare qualcosa di nuovo vtr |
| open-door | | | libero accesso |
| open-door policy | n | (politics: free movement) | politica della porta aperta nf |
| out-of-door | | gen. | all'aperto |
| overhead door | | | portone elevabile |
| revolving door | | | porta girevole |
| screen door | | | porta con zanzariera |
| service door | | | porta di servizio |
| shut the door | | | chiudere la porta |
| stable door | | porta divisa in due parti, superiore e inferiore, apribili separatamente | porta della stalla |
| stage door | | (theat.) | ingresso artisti |
| stage door | | (theat.) | ingresso del palcoscenico |
| storm door | | | porta doppia |
| swing door | | | porta a vento, porta da saloon |
| trap door | | | botola |
| trap-door | | | della botola |
| wolf at the door | | | creditori |
| Segnala un errore |