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For the verb: "to sweep"
Simple Past: swept
Past Participle: swept

Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary © 2006 Oxford University Press:
sweep /swiːp/ noun scopata f, spazzata f;
(curve) curva f;
(movement) movimento m ampio;
make a clean ~ fig fare piazza pulita
verb (pt/pp swept) transitive verb scopare, spazzare;
windspazzare;
~ the board fare piazza pulita
intransitive verb (go swiftly) andare rapidamente;
windsoffiare
sweep aside transitive verb ignorareobjection sweep away transitive verb fig spazzare via sweep up transitive verb spazzare

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'sweep' found in these entries:
sweep: WordReference English-Italian Dictionary © 2009
sweep (chimneysweeper)spazzacamino nm
sweep (card game - sweep)sweep nm
sweep portare viatravolgere v
sweep (to be swept up by events)essere presi dagli avvenimenti v
sweep (to sweep (the floor)) scoparespazzare v
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Compound Forms/Forme composte
chimney sweepn historical (sb employed to clean chimneys)spazzacamino nm
Children were often employed as chimney sweeps because they were small enough to climb up narrow chimneys.
Lo spazzacamino è un mestiere ormai scomparso.
sweep across con andatura maestosapassare attraverso
sweep alongtrascinare
sweep awaytrascinare via, spazzare via
sweep outspazzare
sweep upspazzare, raccogliere
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