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Concise Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary © 2009 Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadori spa e Oxford University Press:
1. plague /pleɪg/ n.
  1. med. (bubonic) peste f.;
    (epidemic) pestilenza f.;
    I haven’t got the ~! scherz. non ho mica la peste!
  1. fig. (nuisance) piaga f., tormento m.;
    what a ~ that boy is! quel ragazzo è una vera piaga!
  1. (of ants, rats, etc.) invasione f.;
    (of crimes) ondata f.;
    to reach ~ proportions raggiungere dimensioni gigantesche
locuzioni idiomatiche to avoid sb., sth. like the ~ evitare qcn., qcs. come la peste.
2. plague /pleɪg/ tr.
  1. (beset) to be ~d by o with essere assalito da [doubts];
    essere tormentato da [remorse];
    essere afflitto da [difficulties]
  1. (harass) tormentare, assillare [person].


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plague: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012

plaguetormentare v
plaguepeste n
plagueaffliggere⇒ vtr
plagueaffliggere v
plaguepeste nf
plaguetormentare⇒ vtr
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plague: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012

Compound Forms/Forme composte
avoid sb like the plaguev figurative, informal (stay away from sb)evitare come la peste
black plaguepeste bubbonica
bubonic plaguen (serious contagious disease)peste bubbonica nf+adj
In the middle ages the bubonic plague killed a third of the European population.
Secoli fa c'era la peste bubbonica in Italia.
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Forum discussions with the word(s) 'plague' in the title:
Discussioni nei forum nel cui titolo è presente la parola 'plague':
avoid like the plague
Goes like a privy door when the plague is in town?
plenty is no plague
the world's good old Plague Spot (P.G. Wodehouse)

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