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thin /θɪn/ adjective (thinner, thinnest) sottile;
‹shoes, sweater› leggero;
‹liquid› liquido;
‹person› magro;
fig ‹excuse, plot› inconsistente;
be [going] ~ on top (be going bald) perdere i capelli;
vanish into ~ air volatilizzarsi adverb ≈ thinly verb (pt/pp thinned) transitive verb diluire ‹liquid› intransitive verb diradarsi ■ thin down transitive verb diluire ‹paint etc› intransitive verb (become slimmer) dimagrire ■ thin out intransitive verb diradarsi
‹shoes, sweater› leggero;
‹liquid› liquido;
‹person› magro;
fig ‹excuse, plot› inconsistente;
be [going] ~ on top (be going bald) perdere i capelli;
vanish into ~ air volatilizzarsi adverb ≈ thinly verb (pt/pp thinned) transitive verb diluire ‹liquid› intransitive verb diradarsi ■ thin down transitive verb diluire ‹paint etc› intransitive verb (become slimmer) dimagrire ■ thin out intransitive verb diradarsi
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'thin' found in these entries:
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Italian:
assottigliare - assottigliarsi - diradare - diradarsi - esile - fettina - fine - magro - +olino - roast-beef - scarno - secco - sfilatino - sfoltire - smilzo - sottile - tagliolini - ultrapiatto
thin: WordReference English-Italian Dictionary © 2009
| Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali | |||||||||
| thin | adj | (narrow) | stretto agg | ||||||
| sottile agg | |||||||||
| There is a thin road leading up the mountain. | |||||||||
| C'è una strada stretta che va su per la montagna. | |||||||||
| * questa corda è troppo sottile, si romperà. | |||||||||
| thin | adj | (slice) | sottile, fine agg | ||||||
| He cut a thin slice of ham. | |||||||||
| Ha tagliato una fetta sottile di prosciutto. | |||||||||
| thin | adj | (person: slender, fine) | magro, snello agg | ||||||
| esile agg | |||||||||
| The thin girl had no trouble getting through the crowd. | |||||||||
| La ragazza magra non aveva problemi a passare tra la folla. | |||||||||
| Additional Translations | |||||||||
| thin | adj | (liquid: watery) | acquoso agg | ||||||
| The soup was a little thin. It shouldn't have had so much water. | |||||||||
| La minestra era un po' acquosa. Non avrebbe dovuto avere così tanta acqua. | |||||||||
| thin | adj | (area: sparse) | rado agg | ||||||
| The trees were very thin there. | |||||||||
| Gli alberi erano molto radi là. | |||||||||
| thin | adj | (sound: tinny) | debole agg | ||||||
| meno usato | fievole agg | ||||||||
| The guitar had a thin sound for some reason. | |||||||||
| Per qualche ragione la chitarra aveva un suono debole. | |||||||||
| thin | adj | figurative (argument: weak) | debole agg | ||||||
| The thin argument failed to convince anybody. | |||||||||
| Il debole argomento non è riuscito a convincere nessuno. | |||||||||
| thin | vtr | (make thin) | diluire agg | ||||||
| The soup is too thick. It needs to be thinned some. | |||||||||
| La minestra è troppo densa. Deve essere diluita. | |||||||||
| Suggest improvements for "thin" above. | |||||||||
| Report an error | |||||||||
| Compound Forms/Forme composte | |||||||||
| a bit thin | un po' sottile | ||||||||
| into thin air | (svanire) nel nulla | ||||||||
| on thin ice | in una situazione pericolosa | ||||||||
| out of thin air | venir fuori dal nulla | fuori dal nulla avv | |||||||
| paper-thin | sottile come carta | ||||||||
| thick and thin | (wedding) | buona e cattiva sorte | |||||||
| thin air | nel nulla | ||||||||
| thin cardboard | stationery | cartoncino nm | |||||||
| thin down | diluire vtr ⇒ | ||||||||
| thin down | dimagrire vi ⇒ | ||||||||
| thin ice | ghiaccio sottile | ||||||||
| thin out | sfoltire, sfoltirsi | ||||||||
| thin out the leaves of | sfoltire le foglie | ||||||||
| thin skin | pelle | sensibile adj | |||||||
| thin-film | pellicola sottile | ||||||||
| thin-skinned | sensibile | permaloso adj | |||||||
| thin-walled | di muro sottile | ||||||||
| through thick and thin | (wedding) | nella buona e nella cattiva sorte | |||||||
| wafer-thin | sottilissimo nm | ||||||||
| walk on thin ice | idiom | camminare sul filo del rasoio | |||||||
| wear thin | assottigliarsi | ||||||||
| wear thin | consumarsi, usurarsi | ||||||||
| Report an error | |||||||||
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as thin as a tin horse
emmental - stretched thin
He could not help but notice how thin Alessandra was
I love you for always being there for me through thick and thin.
I've stuck around, through thick and through thin
Many people acquaint sexiness with being thin.
Not fat, not thin
Rail thin
Recount-thin margin
skate on thin ice
slim-thin
specs are a bit thin on the ground
stick-thin drunks
stuck with it through thick and thin and never wavered
The thin blue line
Thin blood
Thin end of the wedge
Thin Film Evaporation Effect
Thin legs
Thin spools of shit
Thin-armed, flat-chested
thin-hipped
thin-skinned
to be streched pretty thin
to have a thin skin for criticism
Treading on thin ice.
Walk the thin line
wear thin
emmental - stretched thin
He could not help but notice how thin Alessandra was
I love you for always being there for me through thick and thin.
I've stuck around, through thick and through thin
Many people acquaint sexiness with being thin.
Not fat, not thin
Rail thin
Recount-thin margin
skate on thin ice
slim-thin
specs are a bit thin on the ground
stick-thin drunks
stuck with it through thick and thin and never wavered
The thin blue line
Thin blood
Thin end of the wedge
Thin Film Evaporation Effect
Thin legs
Thin spools of shit
Thin-armed, flat-chested
thin-hipped
thin-skinned
to be streched pretty thin
to have a thin skin for criticism
Treading on thin ice.
Walk the thin line
wear thin
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