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Concise Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary © 2009 Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadori spa e Oxford University Press:
1. heel /hiːl/ See lexical note→ 2
  1. n. (of foot, sock) tallone m., calcagno m.;
    (of shoe) tacco m.;
    to turn on one’s ~ girare i tacchi;
    at sb.’s ~s alle calcagna di qcn.;
    to bring a dog to ~ condurre il cane al piede;
    to bring sb. to ~ fig. riportare qcn. all’ordine;
    to come to ~ [dog] venire al piede; fig. [person] essere obbediente, sottostare;
    to click one’s ~s battere i tacchi
  1. heels n.pl. (anche high ~s) scarpe f. con i tacchi (alti)
locuzioni idiomatiche to cool o kick one’s ~s (re)stare ad aspettare, girarsi i pollici;
to dig one’s ~ in puntare i piedi, impuntarsi;
to go head over ~s fare un capitombolo;
to fall o be head over ~s in love with sb. innamorarsi perdutamente o essere innamorato cotto di qcn.;
to be hard o close on sb.’s ~s essere alle calcagna di qcn.;
to be hot on sb.’s ~s tallonare qcn.;
to follow hard on the ~s of sb. stare alle calcagna di qcn.;
to take to one’s ~s scherz. darsela a gambe.
2. heel /hiːl/ intr. See→ heel over.
Phrasal verbs:
heel over [boat] ingavonarsi.


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heel: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012

heeltallonare v
heel (anatomy)calcagno
heel (shoe)tacco nm
heeltallone nm
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heel: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012

Compound Forms/Forme composte
Achilles heel, Achilles' heeln figurative (weak spot)tallone d'Achille, punto debole nm
His Achilles heel is his love for rich food.
Achilles' heeln (mythology: Achilles' only vulnerable spot)tallone d'Achille
Achilles' heeln figurative (weakness, weak point)punto debole nm
at heelalle calcagna
down at heel, down-at-heeladj (shabby and worn)male in arnese
down at heel, down-at-heeladj figurative (person: dressed shabbily)scalcinato agg
 male in arnese
down-at-heel, down at heeladj (shabby and worn)male in arnese
down-at-heel, down at heeladj figurative (person: poorly dressed because of poverty)scalcinato agg
heel bonen (bone at the back of the foot) anatomiacalcagno nm
heel cushionn (padded insert for heel of a shoe)cuscinetto per tallone nm
heel inpiantare qcs. Temporaneamente
heel padacromegalia nf
heel spurosso sottile che permette alla membrana alare del pipistrello
heel-and-toe (marathon)marcia, maratona
heel-bonedel calcagno
high heeln informal (stiletto shoe)tacco alto, tacco a spillo nm
Wearing high heels can cause long-term foot problems.
high-heelcon i tacchi alti
iron heeltacco di ferro
under the heelsotto il dominio di
wedge heeltacco a zeppa
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