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sail /seɪl/ noun vela f;
(trip) giro m in barca a vela intransitive verb navigare;
Sport praticare la vela;
(leave) salpare transitive verb pilotare ■ sail through transitive verb superare senza problemi ‹exam›

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'sail' found in these entries:

English:

billow - furl - off - set - upriver

Italian:

navigare - salpare - spiegato - vela - veleggiare - velico

sail: WordReference English-Italian Dictionary © 2009

sail			andare a vela v
sail		(boats - cruise)	crociera nf
sail		(boats)	vela nf
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Compound Forms/Forme composte
full sail	adv	literal (ship: with all sails up)	a vele spiegate avv
The storm passed and they continued at full sail to make up for lost time.
Passata la tempesta continuammo a vele spiegate per ridurre il ritardo.
full sail	adv	figurative (forcefully) figurato	a vele spiegate, a tutto vapore avv
Now that we have the permits, we are going ahead full sail with the project.
Ora che abbiamo tutti permessi procederemo a tutto vapore con la costruzione del palazzo.
in full sail			a gonfie vele
in sail			salpare v.
in sail			a vele spiegate
sail away			salpare v
sail away from			salpare lontano da
sail into			inveire contro
sail off			salpare
sail under	vi	(seafaring) bandiera	battere vtr ⇒
set sail			far vela
under sail			a vela
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Forum discussions with the word(s) 'sail' in the title:
Discussioni nei forum nel cui titolo è presente la parola 'sail':

I like to sail when it isn't really windy
My eyes greet a blue sail of sky
sail across
sail closer to the wind
sail right through one's red lights

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