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Concise Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary © 2009 Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadori spa e Oxford University Press:
precious / ˈpreʃəs/

agg.
1. (valuable) [resource, object, time] prezioso
1. (held dear) [person] caro (to a)
1. colloq. iron. (beloved) amato
1. spreg. (affected) [person] che si atteggia;
  [style] affettato

avv. (very) ~ little time molto poco tempo;
~ few cars veramente poche macchine

n. (as endearment) caro m. (-a).

'precious' trovato anche in queste voci:

Inglese:

chip - stone

Italiano:

aureo - metallo - pietra - pregiato - prezioso - tesoro

precious			prezioso adj
precious			pregiato agg
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Compound Forms/Forme composte
precious little	adj	(not much, hardly any)	pochissimo avv
It's 5 o'clock--we've got precious little time to pack if we want to catch the 5:30 train!
Ci è rimasto pochissimo tempo per prendere il treno.
precious metal	n	(valuable metallic element: gold, etc.)	metallo prezioso nm
L'oro e l'argento sono metalli preziosi.
precious metals	npl	(valuable metallic elements: gold, etc.)	metalli preziosi nmpl
Il Sudafrica ha un territorio ricco di metalli preziosi.
precious one		di persona	tesoro nm
precious stone	n	(valuable gem, gemstone)	pietra preziosa nf
The brooch was made of gold, set with precious stones.
Il monile è ornato da una pietra preziosa, ma non so cosa sia.
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Forum discussions with the word(s) 'precious' in the title:
Discussioni nei forum nel cui titolo è presente la parola 'precious':

a precious memory from my childhood
a reminder of how brief and precious life is
as fragile as they are precious
his serene smile that is made all the more precious because of its rarity
how precious we're becoming in this country
I just can't get enough of cherishing you, you are so important/precious to me
Life is precious
linking your precious Emperor Yu to a snake?
My dear precious grandson
my precious
My sweet precious child
precious chance
precious help
Precious Lord
Setting of precious stones
the most precious to them
together forever and a sworn precious day
two precious little angels
Very beautiful Francesca have a lovely day precious

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