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Concise Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary © 2009 Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadori spa e Oxford University Press:
1. shy /ʃaɪ/ agg.
- (timid) [person] timido (with, of con);
[animal] pauroso (with, of con)
- (afraid) to be ~ of essere timoroso di
- (avoid) to fight ~ of stare alla larga da.
Phrasal verbs:
shy away indietreggiare, arretrare intimorito;
to ~ away from doing rifuggire dal fare, evitare di fare.
'shy' trovato anche in queste voci:
Inglese:
although
- bitten
- camera-shy
- coconut shy
- must
- naturally
- painfully
- retiring
- self-conscious
- supposedly
- surface
- twice
Italiano:
adombrare
- allora
- apparentemente
- gatto
- imbizzarrirsi
- intimidire
- poco
- rifuggire
- scartare
- scarto
- schermire
- timido
- vergognoso
shy: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012
| Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali | |||
| shy | adj | (timid) | timido, riservato, timoroso agg |
| The girl was so shy that she would hide behind her mother's legs when someone talked to her. | |||
| La ragazzina era così timida che si nascondeva dietro le gambe della madre quando qualcuno le parlava. | |||
| Additional Translations | |||
| shy | adj | (wary) | schivo, diffidente agg |
| restio, riluttante agg | |||
| I'm a bit shy about speaking to him because he never stops talking. | |||
| Sono un po' schivo a parlare con lui perché non la smette mai di chiacchierare. | |||
| shy | adj | (lacking) | distante agg |
| lontano agg | |||
| The runner was fast, but just shy of the world record. | |||
| Il corridore è stato veloce, ma distante dal record mondiale. | |||
| Il corridore è stato veloce, ma lontano dal record mondiale. | |||
| shy | adj | (having just under) | mancare⇒ vtr |
| I am a little shy of the 300 dollars I need to buy the new stereo. | |||
| Mi manca poco per avere i 300 dollari che mi servono per comprare lo stereo nuovo. | |||
| shy | vi | (move suddenly, jerk) | scartare⇒ vi |
| The horse shied when the gun accidentally went off. | |||
| Il cavallo è scartato quando dal fucile è partito accidentalmente un colpo. | |||
| shy, shy away from | vi | (draw back) | tirarsi indietro vi |
| indietreggiare⇒, arretrare⇒, evitare⇒ vi | |||
| esitare⇒ vi | |||
| He shied away from the confrontation. | |||
| Si è tirato indietro davanti al confronto. | |||
| Segnala un errore | |||
shy: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012
| Compound Forms/Forme composte | |||
| camera-shy | timido dinanzi all'obiettivo adj | ||
| gun-shy | che teme gli spari (cane da caccia) | ||
| just shy of | prep | (slightly under) | poco meno di prep |
| The price of oil is now just shy of $50 a barrel. | |||
| Oggi il prezzo del petrolio è poco meno di $ 50 al barile. | |||
| sfiorare⇒ vtr | |||
| Oggi il prezzo del petrolio sfiora i 50 $ al barile. | |||
| reserved, shy | schivo adj | ||
| shy around | essere timido, fare il timido, comportarsi da timido | ||
| shy away from | evitare di | ||
| shy person | n | (sb timid or reserved) | persona timida nf |
| She was such a shy person, she could not talk to strangers. | |||
| Era una ragazza così timida che non riusciva a parlare con gli stranieri. | |||
| work-shy | adj | informal (lazy) colloquiale | sfaticato, lavativo agg |
| Segnala un errore | |||
Forum discussions with the word(s) 'shy' in the title:
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A day shy of (a week ago)
Camera shy
Everyone thinks that I am a very shy girl
gun-shy
I think I could be a bit shy
I'm told she's just shy of 6 5.
If he decided to shy at a bit of paper he was out of the road before Johnnie knew what had happened
Looks like we are shy of one horse
once bitten, twice shy
Shy bride
shy neighbourhoods
They are still shy of the features
too shy to do something
You probably thought I'm a shy boy
Camera shy
Everyone thinks that I am a very shy girl
gun-shy
I think I could be a bit shy
I'm told she's just shy of 6 5.
If he decided to shy at a bit of paper he was out of the road before Johnnie knew what had happened
Looks like we are shy of one horse
once bitten, twice shy
Shy bride
shy neighbourhoods
They are still shy of the features
too shy to do something
You probably thought I'm a shy boy
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