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Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary © 2006 Oxford University Press:

pet /pet/ noun animale m domestico;
(favourite) cocco, -a mf adjective (favourite) prediletto verb (pt/pp petted) transitive verb coccolare intransitive verb ‹couple› praticare il petting

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'pet' found in these entries:

English:

naughtiness - overfeed - pet name - pet shop - uncared-for - unwanted

Italian:

bestia - cibo - pettegolo - prediletto - toupet - vezzeggiativo

pet: WordReference English-Italian Dictionary © 2009

Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali
pet	n	(domestic animal)	animale nm
She has three pets: a dog and two cats.
Ha tre animali: un cane e due gatti.
pet	vtr	(caress)	accarezzare, coccolare vtr ⇒ ⇒
I could feel the dog's thick fur when I petted him.
Sentivo il pelo spesso del cane mentre lo accarezzavo.
Additional Translations
pet	adj	(domesticated)	domestico agg
My pet dog is usually well behaved.
Il mio cane domestico di solito si comporta bene.
pet	adj	(favourite)	preferito, prediletto agg
Advising the new employees is his pet project.
Istruire i nuovi impiegati è la sua attività preferita.
pet	n	(favourite person) colloquiale	cocco nm
Bobby is the teacher's pet.
Bobby è il cocco dell'insegnante.
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Compound Forms/Forme composte
in a pet			(essere) in collera
pet food			alimenti per animali
pet name			nomignolo nm
pet peeve		fig	persecuzione nf
pet peeve			piccolo fastidio ricorrente nm
teacher's pet			il prediletto del professore
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Forum discussions with the word(s) 'pet' in the title:
Discussioni nei forum nel cui titolo è presente la parola 'pet':

Don't even try to pet me
He has cherry-picked data to support his point of view / pet theory.
I have three pet animals
Italians leave their pet dogs outside
keep as a pet
Pet boutique
Pet Cheer
PET container
Pet friendly cruelty free
pet hate
Pet rocks
pet shop (sales) girl
Pet theories
Pet/affectionate names
Reference to family pet names and posessive term "mine"..
some pet that
Sporting pet
teacher's pet
to pet the cat
We all have our pet peeves
What's your pet peeve?

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