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Concise Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary © 2009 Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadori spa e Oxford University Press:
1. puff /pʌf/ n.
- (of smoke, steam) sbuffo m.;
(of air, of breath) soffio m.;
to take a ~ at dare un tiro a [cigarette];
to vanish o disappear in a ~ of smoke svanire o scomparire in una nuvola di fumo; fig. andare in fumo;
~s of cloud riccioli di nuvole
- BE colloq. (breath) fiato m., respiro m.;
to be out of ~ colloq. avere il fiatone
- gastr. sfogliatina f.
- colloq. (favourable review) gonfiatura f., pompatura f.;
(favourable publicity) montatura f.
- tr.
- fumare, tirare da [pipe];
to ~ smoke fare sbuffi di fumo
- colloq. (praise) pompare, gonfiare, decantare [book, film]
- fumare, tirare da [pipe];
- intr.
- sbuffare;
smoke ~ed from the chimney il fumo usciva a sbuffi dal comignolo;
to ~ (away) at tirare boccate a [cigarette];
to ~ along [train] procedere sbuffando
- (pant) ansimare, ansare;
she came ~ing and blowing up the hill venne su per la collina col fiato grosso.
- sbuffare;
Phrasal verbs:
puff out: ~ out [sails] gonfiarsi;
[sleeve, skirt] essere a sbuffo; ~ out [sth.], ~ [sth.] out
- (swell) gonfiare [sails];
to ~ out one’s cheeks, chest gonfiare le guance, il petto;
the bird ~ed out its feathers l’uccello arruffò le piume
- (give out) to ~ out smoke fare sbuffi di fumo.
[eyes] gonfiare, gonfiarsi;
[rice] gonfiarsi; ~ up [sth.], ~ [sth.] up arruffare [feathers, fur];
to be ~ed up with pride essere pieno d’orgoglio o tutto tronfio.
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puff: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012
| puff | soffio nm | ||
| puff | da sigaretta | boccata nf | |
| puff | fumo | buffo nm | |
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| Compound Forms/Forme composte | |||
| cream puff | n | (light filled pastry) | bignè alla panna |
| cream puff | n | slang (weakling or effeminate man) offensivo | mezza checca nf |
| cream puff | n | (old car in good condition) | auto seminuova nf |
| huff and puff | vi | (be out of breath) | ansimare⇒ vi |
| He huffed and puffed after the long race. | |||
| huff and puff | vtr | (blow) | soffiare⇒ vi |
| The wolf said to the three little pigs, "I'll huff and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house down!". | |||
| powder puff | n | (fluffy pad for applying powder) | piumino da cipria nm |
| She used the powder puff to apply her face powder. | |||
| Il tutù della ballerina era talmente vaporoso che sembrava un piumino da cipria. | |||
| puff of smoke | nuvoletta di fumo | ||
| puff out | vi | (swell, inflate with air) | gonfiare⇒, pompare⇒ vtr |
| gonfiarsi v rif | |||
| puff pastry | pasta sfoglia | ||
| puff up | vi | (inflate, fill with air) | gonfiare⇒, pompare⇒ vtr |
| puff up | vi | (swell) | gonfiarsi⇒ vi |
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