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neck /nek/ noun collo m;
(of dress) colletto m;
~ and ~ testa a testa
(of dress) colletto m;
~ and ~ testa a testa
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'neck' found in these entries:
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Italian:
allungare - bronzo - cappio - collo - incollatura - maglione - manico - ossessione - palla - pomiciare - rompere - scollare - scollo - torcicollo
neck: WordReference English-Italian Dictionary © 2009
| Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali | |||||||||
| neck | n | (body part) | collo nm | ||||||
| His neck hurt from bending it all day. | |||||||||
| Gli fa male il collo per averlo tenuto girato tutto il giorno. | |||||||||
| Additional Translations | |||||||||
| neck | n | (garment, esp. shirt) | colletto nm | ||||||
| collo nm | |||||||||
| The neck of the shirt was too small. | |||||||||
| Il colletto della maglia era troppo piccolo. | |||||||||
| neck | n | (bottle) | collo nm | ||||||
| The neck broke when he tried to open the beer bottle by hitting it on a rock. | |||||||||
| Si è rotto il collo della bottiglia di birra quando ha tentato di aprirla sbattendola su un sasso. | |||||||||
| neck | n | (horse-racing: measure) | lunghezza, minima distanza, incollatura nf | ||||||
| The horse won by a neck. What an exciting race! | |||||||||
| Il cavallo ha vinto per una lunghezza. Che gara entusiasmante! | |||||||||
| neck | n | (narrow strip of land, strait, isthmus) | istmo nm | ||||||
| lingua di terra nf | |||||||||
| You can fish on either side of the neck. The shores are very close together. | |||||||||
| Si può pescare da entrambe le parti dell'istmo. Le costiere sono vicinissime tra di loro. | |||||||||
| neck | vi | colloquial (hug and kiss) colloquiale, centro settentrione | pomiciare vtr ⇒ | ||||||
| slang, settentrione | limonare vtr ⇒ | ||||||||
| The teens were seen necking behind the stadium seats. | |||||||||
| I ragazzini sono stati visti pomiciare dietro i sedili dello stadio. | |||||||||
| Suggest improvements for "neck" above. | |||||||||
| Report an error | |||||||||
| Compound Forms/Forme composte | |||||||||
| break your neck | v | literal (fracture a bone in the neck) | rompersi l'osso del collo, rompersi il collo vtr | ||||||
| Se continui ad essere così spericolato, finirai per romperti l'osso del collo! | |||||||||
| break your neck | v | figurative (try very hard, make extreme effort) figurato: lavorare duramente, sforzarsi | rompersi la schiena, spaccarsi la schiena vtr | ||||||
| Si spacca la schiena tutto il giorno per portare a casa la pagnotta. | |||||||||
| break-neck | pericoloso adj | ||||||||
| break-neck speed | velocità a rotta di collo | ||||||||
| crew-neck | n | (clothing: rounded neckline) | girocollo nm | ||||||
| Note: hyphen used when term is an adj before a noun | |||||||||
| The t-shirt had a crew-neck, as opposed to a v-neck | |||||||||
| Le T-shirt hanno lo scollo a girocollo. | |||||||||
| crew-neck | n | (item of clothing with a rounded neckline) | maglietta a girocollo nm | ||||||
| Because it was his day off, he threw on a crew-neck instead of a collared shirt. | |||||||||
| Le magliette a girocollo fanno parte dell'abbigliamento informale. | |||||||||
| crew-neck | maglia | girocollo nms | |||||||
| crew-neck | a girocollo adj | ||||||||
| from the neck up | nella testa, in testa | ||||||||
| Note: Usato in locuzioni come per es. "empty from the neck up" = "con la testa vuota". | |||||||||
| goose-neck | collo d'oca, perno di rotazione del boma | ||||||||
| have a stiff neck | avere il torcicollo | ||||||||
| neck and neck | testa a testa | ||||||||
| neck and neck | in parità | ||||||||
| neck cord | corda al collo | ||||||||
| neck deep | fino al collo | ||||||||
| neck of the woods | paraggi | ||||||||
| neck of the woods | dintorni | ||||||||
| neck of the woods | zona | ||||||||
| neck strap | correggia per pettorale | ||||||||
| neck strap | marchio per nuca | ||||||||
| neck-deep | fino al collo | ||||||||
| pain in the neck | spina nel fianco | ||||||||
| pain in the neck | fig. (person, event, etc.) | piaga nf | |||||||
| pain in the neck | volg. | rompicoglioni (vulg.) nmf, adj | |||||||
| pain in the neck | fig. | piattola nf | |||||||
| scoop neck | girocollo nm | ||||||||
| stiff neck | torcicollo nm | ||||||||
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Forum discussions with the word(s) 'neck' in the title:
Discussioni nei forum nel cui titolo è presente la parola 'neck':
A pretty, long, black dress, with a high neck.
Above The Neck
Anatomy: The hollow at the base of the neck?
at each other's neck
Bird neck and bird brain, should get on like a house on fire
breathing down my neck/on me
Can you love me like the crosses love the nape of the neck?
crook in the neck
dead from the neck up
Don't go chucking too much down your neck
fill neck
he was going to take the kink out of his sore neck
I knocked off the neck of the bottle
In my neck of the woods
keep my foot on his neck
little dog of black head and white neck
Low neck
Neck a lace
neck as slender as a wasp's waist
neck brace
Neck on the line
neck strength
neck with
Rubberneck / rubber pencil neck
Running about neck and neck
She craned her neck to drink from the fountain
slung round his neck
smooch your neck
Sour neck
suck all that wattle out of her neck
more...
Above The Neck
Anatomy: The hollow at the base of the neck?
at each other's neck
Bird neck and bird brain, should get on like a house on fire
breathing down my neck/on me
Can you love me like the crosses love the nape of the neck?
crook in the neck
dead from the neck up
Don't go chucking too much down your neck
fill neck
he was going to take the kink out of his sore neck
I knocked off the neck of the bottle
In my neck of the woods
keep my foot on his neck
little dog of black head and white neck
Low neck
Neck a lace
neck as slender as a wasp's waist
neck brace
Neck on the line
neck strength
neck with
Rubberneck / rubber pencil neck
Running about neck and neck
She craned her neck to drink from the fountain
slung round his neck
smooch your neck
Sour neck
suck all that wattle out of her neck
more...
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