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Concise Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary © 2009 Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadori spa e Oxford University Press:
1.sort /sɔːt/ n.
  1. (kind, type) tipo m., sorta f., genere m.;
    all ~s of people tutti i tipi di persone;
    board games, chess, that ~ of thing giochi di società, scacchi e cose del genere;
    that’s my ~ of holiday è la vacanza che fa per me;
    I’m not that ~ of person non sono il tipo;
    this must be some ~ of joke dev’essere uno scherzo;
    an odd ~ of chap un tipo strano;
    any ~ of knife will do va bene un coltello qualsiasi;
    what ~ of person would do such a thing? chi mai farebbe una cosa del genere?
    what ~ of person do you think I am? per chi mi prendi?
    what ~ of a reply is that? che (razza di) risposta è?
    you know the ~ of thing (I mean) sai cosa voglio dire;
    a liar of the worst ~ un bugiardo della peggior specie;
    something of that o the ~ una cosa così, una cosa del genere;
    “I’ll pay” - “you’ll do nothing of the ~!” “pago io” - “neanche per sogno!”;
    I know his ~ conosco il tipo;
    we see all ~s here ne vediamo di tutti i colori qui;
    he’s a good ~ è un buon uomo
  1. of sorts, of a sort a duck of ~s o of a ~ una specie di anatra;
    a hero of ~s una sorta di eroe;
    progress of ~s un qualche progresso
  1. sort of (a bit) ~ of cute piuttosto carino;
    to ~ of understand capire abba stanza;
    “is it hard? - “~ of” “è difficile?” - “abbastanza”, “più o meno”;
    (approximately) ~ of blue che dà sul blu;
    it just ~ of happened è semplicemente successo
locuzioni idiomatiche to be o feel out of ~s (ill) essere fuori fase;
(grumpy) avere la luna storta;
it takes all ~s (to make a world) prov. il mondo è bello perché è vario.
 2.sort /sɔːt/ tr.
  1. (classify, arrange) classificare, ordinare [files, stamps];
    smistare [letters];
    selezionare [apples, potatoes];
    to ~ books into piles dividere i libri in pile
  1. (separate) separare, dividere.

Phrasal verbs:
sort out: ~ [sth.] out, ~ out [sth.]
  1. (resolve) risolvere [problem];
    regolare [matter];
    to ~ out the confusion chiarire un malinteso;
    I’ll ~ it out lo sistemo io
  1. (organize) occuparsi di [details, arrangements];
    organizzare [ideas]
  1. (tidy up) mettere in ordine, riordinare [desk];
    ordinare [files];
    mettere a posto [finances, affairs];
    to ~ out one’s life fare ordine nella propria vita
  1. (select) selezionare [photos, clothes]
  1. (mend) mettere a posto [clutch, fault];
~ out [sth.]
  1. (separate) to ~ out the clean socks from the dirty separare le calze pulite da quelle sporche;
    to ~ out the truth from the lies distinguere le bugie dalla verità
  1. (establish) to ~ out who is responsible stabilire chi è il responsabile;
    I’m still trying to ~ out what happened sto ancora cercando di capire cosa sia successo;
~ [sb.] out
  1. colloq.
  1. (punish) I’ll ~ him out! lo aggiusto o arrangio io!
  1. (help) the doctor will soon ~ you out il dottore ti rimetterà presto in sesto;
~ [oneself] out (get organized) organizzarsi, mettersi a posto;
to get oneself ~ed out mettere la testa a posto;
things will ~ themselves out le cose andranno a posto da sole. sort through: ~ through [sth.] passare in rassegna, scorrere [files, invoices].

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Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali
sortvtr (put in order)ordinare⇒, classificare⇒ vtr
Are you finished sorting those cards in alphabetical order?
Hai finito di ordinare quelle schede in ordine alfabetico?
sortvtr (classify)suddividere⇒, smistare⇒ vtr
I sorted my bills into separate piles for each company.
Ho suddiviso le mie fatture in diverse pile per ciascuna azienda.
sortn (type)tipo nm
What sort of dog is it: a German Shepherd?
Che tipo di cane è: un German Shepherd?
 
Additional Translations
sortn (class)genere nm
What sort of program is it? A game?
Che genere di programma è? Un gioco?
sortn (person)tipo nm
He is an odd sort. He barely speaks at all.
È un tipo strano. Parla a malapena.
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Compound Forms/Forme composte
and all that sort of thingadv informal (and the like, and similar)e cose simili
They found sea shells, driftwood, and all that sort of thing at the beach.
better sortmiglior tipo
good sortbrava persona
nothing of the sortn (not at all as described)niente del genere
nothing of the sortinterj (not at all)per niente!, manco per niente! inter
of another sortdi altro tipo
of any sortadj (of an unspecified variety)di qualsiasi tipo
sort ofadv informal (in a way, to some degree)in un certo qual modo, in qualche modo
I sort of believe that, but not totally.
In qualche modo ci credo, ma non del tutto.
 più o meno
Ci credo, più o meno.
 diciamo che..., facciamo che...
Diciamo che ci credo.
sort outvtr (organize, plan)preparare⇒, sistemare⇒, organizzare⇒ vtr
Julia intended to go home early in order to sort out the dinner arrangements.
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Forum discussions with the word(s) 'sort' in the title:
Discussioni nei forum nel cui titolo è presente la parola 'sort':
A man's library is a sort of harem
a sort of limp
a sort of proxy for love of God
an artsy sort of person
And if you're sort of travelling around London...
Are you our sort of a person?
As a sort of grand summary to this pharmaceutical debauch
branch code / bank sort
but a manic sort of order returned
command respect in a field not noted for anything of the sort towards their employees
compared to the sort
Crikey. This sort of sentence doesn't bear thinking about!
deskman of some sort
getting into all sort of hilarious jams
I can think of no other sort of statement
I had sort of got this idea she was similar to you . . .
I sort of brought my sister to stay
I will sort myself out
I'd quite like to sort of start thinking about going
involves some sort of
It just sort of happens
It's the sort of thing that
It’s a press sort of day.
lighthearted sort of swing
no I didn't regret it only said it was a bit cheesy that means sort of cheap
not a buddy sort of thing. Joe tried to stay on his good side
Not your usual sort of
Of a proper sort
of the sort
She sort of steps to her own drummer.
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