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Concise Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary © 2009 Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadori spa e Oxford University Press:
penny / ˈpenɪ/ See lexical note→ 7 n.
- (pl. pennies) (small amount of money) soldo m., centesimo m.;
it won’t cost you a ~! non ti costerà niente!
not a ~ more! non un soldo di più!
not to have a ~ to one’s name essere al verde, non avere un soldo
- BE (pl. pence, pennies) (unit of currency) penny m.;
fifty pence o p cinquanta penny;
a five pence o p piece una moneta da cinque penny;
a 25 pence o 25p stamp un francobollo da 25 penny
- AE (pl. pennies) centesimo m., cent m.
locuzioni idiomatiche a ~ for your thoughts o for them colloq. a che cosa stai pensando?
a pretty ~ colloq. una bella sommetta;
in for a ~ in for a pound quando si è in ballo si deve ballare, abbiamo fatto trenta facciamo trentuno;
take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves prov. il risparmio comincia dal centesimo;
the ~ dropped colloq. finalmente ci sei arrivato;
they are two o ten a ~ te li tirano dietro, ce ne sono a bizzeffe;
to spend a ~ BE colloq. eufem. andare al gabinetto o fare un po’ d’acqua;
to turn up like a bad ~ saltar fuori di continuo, essere come il prezzemolo.
Although the plural form of penny is pence for a specific sum of money (10 pence, 24 pence) and pennies for the coins as objects (a bag of pennies), in Italian the invariable loanword penny is used: 10 penny, 24 penny, una borsa di penny. Alternatively, the equivalent centesimo (plural form centesimi) may be used.a pretty ~ colloq. una bella sommetta;
in for a ~ in for a pound quando si è in ballo si deve ballare, abbiamo fatto trenta facciamo trentuno;
take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves prov. il risparmio comincia dal centesimo;
the ~ dropped colloq. finalmente ci sei arrivato;
they are two o ten a ~ te li tirano dietro, ce ne sono a bizzeffe;
to spend a ~ BE colloq. eufem. andare al gabinetto o fare un po’ d’acqua;
to turn up like a bad ~ saltar fuori di continuo, essere come il prezzemolo.
'penny' trovato anche in queste voci:
Inglese:
change
- cut
- dear
- each
- every
- halfpenny
- ha’penny
- in
- less
- p
- pence
- penny-farthing
- penny-pinching
- penny whistle
- pennyworth
- piece
- pound
- pretty
- sixpence
- slap
- stamp
- threepence
- threepenny
- tuppence
- twopenny
Italiano:
penny: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012
| penny | (monetary) | un centesimo (di dollaro) nm | |
| penny | fig. un soldo | soldo nm | |
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penny: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012
| Compound Forms/Forme composte | |||
| a pretty penny | n | informal (a high price) | parecchi soldi |
| una cifra nf | |||
| I bet that dress cost a pretty penny. | |||
| cost a pretty penny | v | informal, figurative (be costly, expensive) | costare una fortuna |
| ha’penny | n | UK, informal (British half-penny coin) | halfpenny nm |
| ha’penny | n | UK, informal (sum of half of one penny) | halfpenny nm |
| penny arcade | n | (amusement area with slot machines) | sala giochi |
| Some boardwalks still have old-fashioned penny arcades. | |||
| penny black | penny black | ||
| penny dreadful | romanzo d'appendice | ||
| penny pincher | spilorcio nm | ||
| penny stock | n | US (stock selling for less than 1 dollar a share) borsa USA | titoli di basso valore |
| penny stocks | econ | titoli speculativi nmpl | |
| penny whistle | fischietto nm | ||
| penny-dreadful | d'appendice | ||
| penny-farthing | biciclo nm | ||
| penny-pincher | spilorcio nm | ||
| penny-pinching | (parsimony) | parsimonia nf | |
| penny-pinching | (stinginess) | avarizia nf | |
| penny-pinching | (reluctant in spending) | avaro adj | |
| penny-pinching | avarizia | spilorceria nf | |
| penny-pinching | (near) | vicino adj | |
| penny-whistle | piffero nm | ||
| penny-wise | parsimonioso nm | ||
| pretty penny | bella sommetta nf | ||
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A coffee shop declares itself 'Penny Free Zone'
a penny a bucket
A penny for a thought
Bad penny
feel like one penny
I'll match what you'll earn penny for penny
In for a penny, in for a pound
one and a penny
Penny ante low life
penny chews
Penny loafers
penny reading
penny weddings
Penny wise and dollar fool
Penny's dropped
Piffero nm penny-whistle
the penny has dropped
To be worth a pretty penny
two a penny
We made a penny stretch
who can go longest without spending a penny?
worth every penny
a penny a bucket
A penny for a thought
Bad penny
feel like one penny
I'll match what you'll earn penny for penny
In for a penny, in for a pound
one and a penny
Penny ante low life
penny chews
Penny loafers
penny reading
penny weddings
Penny wise and dollar fool
Penny's dropped
Piffero nm penny-whistle
the penny has dropped
To be worth a pretty penny
two a penny
We made a penny stretch
who can go longest without spending a penny?
worth every penny
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