WordReference.com English-Italian Dictionary
Vedere Anche:
Nebraska
nebula
nebulizer
nebulous
nebulously
NEC
necessarily
necessary
necessitate
necessity
neck
necked
neckerchief
necking
necklace
neckline
necktie
necrology
necromancer
necromancy
necromantic
nebula
nebulizer
nebulous
nebulously
NEC
necessarily
necessary
necessitate
necessity
neck
necked
neckerchief
necking
necklace
neckline
necktie
necrology
necromancer
necromancy
necromantic
Links:
- Abbreviazioni
- Simboli di pronuncia
- Forum
- Sostieni WR
- Link a WR
- API
- Suggestions/ Contattaci
- Click on word:
Recent searches:
Subscribe to the Oxford Unabridged dictionary for more translations, meanings and examples.
Try out WordReference Random Word! Each page load will return a random word from the dictionary. Or test your knowledge and have each page load with the definition hidden!
neck: |
English definition | in French | in Spanish English synonyms | in context | images |
Concise Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary © 2009 Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadori spa e Oxford University Press:
1.neck /nek/ See lexical note→ 2
- n.
- collo m.;
the back of the ~ la nuca
- (collar) collo m., colletto m.;
(neckline) scollatura f.;
with a high, low ~ col collo alto, scollato
- gastr. (of lamb, beef) collo m.
- (of bottle, vase) collo m.
- geogr. istmo m.
- collo m.;
- -necked agg. in composti long-~ed, short-~ed dal collo lungo, corto;
high-~ed, low-~ed accollato, scollato
locuzioni idiomatiche to be a pain in the ~ colloq. essere un rompiscatole;
to be ~ and ~ essere testa a testa;
he’s up to his ~ in debt colloq. è indebitato fino al collo;
to get o catch it in the ~ colloq. prendersi una lavata di capo;
to risk one’s ~ colloq. rischiare l’osso del collo;
to stick one’s ~ out colloq. esporsi (alle critiche);
to win by a ~ vincere con un distacco minimo;
in this ~ of the woods colloq. da queste parti, nei paraggi;
to be dead from the ~ up colloq. essere una testa vuota.
2. neck /nek/ intr. colloq. sbaciucchiarsi, pomiciare.to be ~ and ~ essere testa a testa;
he’s up to his ~ in debt colloq. è indebitato fino al collo;
to get o catch it in the ~ colloq. prendersi una lavata di capo;
to risk one’s ~ colloq. rischiare l’osso del collo;
to stick one’s ~ out colloq. esporsi (alle critiche);
to win by a ~ vincere con un distacco minimo;
in this ~ of the woods colloq. da queste parti, nei paraggi;
to be dead from the ~ up colloq. essere una testa vuota.
'neck' trovato anche in queste voci:
Inglese:
Italiano:
allungare
- annegare
- braccio
- capocollo
- colletto
- collo
- collottola
- dolcevita
- gettare
- girocollo
- incollatura
- indebitato
- lavata
- lupetto
- manico
- noioso
- nuca
- ortopedico
- osso
- palla
- piaga
- piattola
- pomiciare
- rigido
- rogna
- rompere
- rompiscatole
- rottura
- scatola
- scollatura
- soffiare
- tallonare
- taurino
- tendere
- testa
- tirare
- torcere
- torcicollo
- v
- zucca
neck: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012
| 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. | |||
| Segnala un errore | |||
neck: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012
| Compound Forms/Forme composte | |||
| break your neck | v | literal (fracture a bone in the neck) | rompersi l'osso del collo, rompersi il collo vtr |
| It's called breakneck speed because you will break your neck if you go that fast and fall off the motorcycle. | |||
| 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 |
| We broke our necks to be sure he got elected. | |||
| 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, crew-neck | n | (clothing: rounded neckline) | girocollo nm |
| Nota: 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, 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 | adv | informal (mentally, psychologically) informale: mentalmente | di testa avv |
| From the neck up, she's fine, but she has many medical problems. | |||
| from the neck up | adv | (in the mind alone, excluding the body) | in testa, nella testa avv |
| goose-neck | collo d'oca, perno di rotazione del boma | ||
| have a stiff neck | avere il torcicollo | ||
| neck and neck | adj | (competitors: even) alla pari | testa a testa avv |
| These two candidates are neck and neck for the job. | |||
| neck cord | corda al collo | ||
| neck deep | fino al collo | ||
| neck guard | n | (sport: padded protector for the neck) | collare protettivo nm |
| neck of lamb | n | (cut of young sheep's meat) | collo di agnello nm |
| neck of the woods | n | figurative (area, locale) colloquiale | dalle proprie parti avv |
| Stop by and see me the next time you're in my neck of the woods. | |||
| Passa a trovarmi, la prossima volta che sei dalle mie parti. | |||
| neck strap | correggia per pettorale | ||
| neck strap | marchio per nuca | ||
| neck tie, necktie, tie | n | (formal garment tied round the neck) | cravatta nf |
| neck warmer | n | (cowl or short scarf) | scaldacollo nm |
| neck yoke | n | (carrying apparatus worn over shoulders) | giogo nm |
| neck-deep | fino al collo | ||
| pain in the neck | n | figurative, slang (sb very annoying) colloquiale - attività | rottura di scatole nf |
| Filling out the forms for my recent insurance claim was a real pain in the neck. | |||
| Mi sono fatta venti minuti di coda alla cassa, che rottura di scatole! | |||
| colloquiale - persone | rompiscatole nm | ||
| polo neck | n | UK (high turtleneck collar) | collo alto nm |
| polo neck | n | UK, informal (shirt with turtleneck collar) | alla dolcevita |
| scoop neck | girocollo nm | ||
| stiff neck | n | (pain or difficulty moving one's neck) | torcicollo nm |
| After sitting near a druaghty window I had a stiff neck. | |||
| Segnala un errore | |||
Forum discussions with the word(s) 'neck' in the title:
Discussioni nei forum nel cui titolo è presente la parola 'neck':
a cotton slash-neck dress
A millstone round/about one's 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
bite your own neck
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
I stick my neck out a bit more
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 nuzzler
Neck on the line
Neck Snappers
neck strength
neck with
Rubberneck / rubber pencil neck
continua...
A millstone round/about one's 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
bite your own neck
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
I stick my neck out a bit more
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 nuzzler
Neck on the line
Neck Snappers
neck strength
neck with
Rubberneck / rubber pencil neck
continua...
In other languages: Spanish | French | Portuguese | German | Russian | Polish | Romanian | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic
See Google Translate's machine translation of 'neck'.Aggiungi la casella di ricerca di WordReference alla tua homepage Google:
| Google.com | |
| Italiano: |  |
| Universal: | |
Copyright © 2012 WordReference.com
Per favore, segnalaci qualunque problema.