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Concise Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary © 2009 Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadori spa e Oxford University Press:
1.wave /weɪv/ n.
- (hand gesture) cenno m., gesto m.;
to give sb. a ~ fare un cenno di saluto con la mano a qcn.
- (of water) onda f.;
to make ~s [wind] fare delle onde; fig. (cause a stir) sollevare un polverone;
(cause trouble) piantare grane
- (outbreak) ondata f., impeto m.;
a ~ of arrests un’ondata di arresti
- (surge) ondata f., ventata f.;
a ~ of heat un’ondata di caldo
- (in hair) ondulazione f., onde f.pl.
- fis. onda f.;
radio ~s onde radio, radioonde.
- tr.
- (move from side to side) agitare, sventolare [ticket, banknote, handkerchief];
sventolare [flag];
brandire [stick, gun]
- to ~ goodbye to salutare [qcn.] con la mano [person];
you can ~ goodbye to your chances of winning fig. puoi dire addio alle tue speranze di vittoria
- (direct) they ~d us on ci hanno fatto cenno di continuare
- (at hairdresser’s) to have one’s hair ~d farsi ondulare i capelli
- (move from side to side) agitare, sventolare [ticket, banknote, handkerchief];
- intr.
- (with hand) to ~ to, at sb. fare un cenno con la mano a qcn.;
to ~ to sb. to do fare segno a qcn. di fare
- (move gently) [branches, corn] ondeggiare;
[flag] sventolare.
- (with hand) to ~ to, at sb. fare un cenno con la mano a qcn.;
Phrasal verbs:
wave around, about: ~ around [flag, washing] sventolare; ~ [sth.] around brandire, agitare [stick, gun];
to ~ one’s arms around agitare o dimenare le braccia. wave aside: ~ [sth.] aside, ~ aside [sth.] scartare, respingere [offer]; ~ [sb.] aside fare cenno a qcn. di spostarsi. wave off: ~ [sb.] off, ~ off [sb.] salutare [qcn.] con la mano.
'wave' trovato anche in queste voci:
Inglese:
beachcomber
- breaker
- breast
- careless
- carelessly
- crest
- crime
- flag
- fly
- knock
- lick
- long-wave
- LW
- medium
- Mexican wave
- microwave
- mountainous
- MW
- ocean
- overwhelm
- permanent wave
- radio wave
- reverberate
- ride
- roller
- run
- seismic
- shock wave
- short wave
- sound wave
- Star-spangled Banner
- SW
- sweep
- theatrically
- tidal wave
- undertow
- unleash
- wash
- wave band
- wave energy
- wave farm
- wave power
- white horse
- wildly
Italiano:
wave: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012
| Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali | |||
| wave | n | (ocean, water) | onda nf |
| The ocean waves rocked the boat. | |||
| Le onde dell'oceano cullavano la barca. | |||
| wave | n | (hand movement) | cenno nm |
| gesto nm | |||
| She gave him a wave goodbye. | |||
| Gli ha fatto un cenno di saluto. | |||
| wave | n | (a series) | ondata nf |
| There was a wave of protests after the announcement of the new policy. | |||
| C'è stata un'ondata di proteste dopo l'annuncio della nuova politica. | |||
| wave | vi | (make a hand gesture) con un cenno della mano | salutare⇒ vtr |
| informale | fare ciao con la mano vtr | ||
| fare un cenno, fare un gesto vtr | |||
| She waved goodbye to him. | |||
| Lo ha salutato. | |||
| Gli ha fatto ciao con la mano. | |||
| Gli ha fatto un cenno di saluto. | |||
| Additional Translations | |||
| wave | n | (undulation) | onda nf |
| The meter showed a sine wave. | |||
| Il misuratore evidenziava un'onda sinusoidale. | |||
| wave | n | (weather) | ondata nf |
| A wave of cold air swept through the region last night. | |||
| Un'ondata di aria fredda ha spazzato la regione la scorsa notte. | |||
| wave | n | (of enthusiasm) | ondata nf |
| There was a wave of enthusiasm after the team's win. | |||
| Dopo la vittoria della squadra ci fu un'ondata di entusiasmo. | |||
| wave | n | (of people) | marea nf |
| ondata nf | |||
| A wave of people flowed into the stadium after they opened the doors. | |||
| Una marea di persone si riversò nello stadio quando aprirono i cancelli. | |||
| wave | vi | (flutter) | fluttuare⇒ vi |
| Three flags were waving in the wind. | |||
| Tre bandiere fluttuavano nel vento. | |||
| wave | vtr | (an object) | agitare⇒ vtr |
| Everybody ran when he started waving a gun. | |||
| Tutti scapparono quando lui iniziò ad agitare una pistola. | |||
| wave | vtr | (agitate, make flutter) | sventolare⇒ vtr |
| The spectators at the parade were waving flags. | |||
| Gli spettatori della parata sventolavano bandiere. | |||
| wave | vtr | (arrange one's hair) | ondulare⇒ vtr |
| She waved her hair using her curling iron. | |||
| Ondulava i suoi capelli usando il ferro per arricciare i capelli. | |||
| Segnala un errore | |||
wave: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012
| Compound Forms/Forme composte | |||
| acoustic wave | onda acustica | ||
| blast wave | onda d'urto | ||
| bow wave | onda d'urto curva | ||
| carrier wave | onda portante | ||
| carrier wave | onda portante nf | ||
| cold wave | n | (period of extremely cold weather) | ondata di freddo |
| crime wave | n | (rise in rate of crime) | ondata di criminalità |
| elastic wave | onda elastica | ||
| electromagnetic wave | onda elettromagnetica | ||
| full-wave | full-wave | ||
| gravitational wave | onda gravitazionale | ||
| gravity wave | onda di gravità | ||
| guided wave | onda guidata | ||
| heat wave | n | (period of extremely hot weather) | ondata di caldo, ondata di calore nf |
| Experts have predicted a heat wave for most of the U.K. during early August. | |||
| I metereologi hanno previsto che quest'estate si avrà un'ondata di calore a fine luglio. | |||
| heat-wave | gran caldo | ||
| long wave | onda lunga | ||
| medium wave | onda media | ||
| new wave, new-wave | n | (nouvelle vague: 1960s cinema movement) cinema | nouvelle vague nf |
| Nota: Also a term for a style of 80s music usually associated with the use of synthesizers and a focus on fashion over musical substance. | |||
| Jean-Luc Goddard is often viewed as the father of French New Wave cinema. | |||
| musica | new wave nf | ||
| permanent wave | n | (hairstyle: artificial curls) acconciatura | permanente nf |
| Nota: Normally it's known as a 'perm'. | |||
| In the 1980's many girls had a permanent wave to make their hair curly. | |||
| Negli anni 80 era molto di moda farsi fare la permanente. | |||
| radio wave | onda radio | ||
| seismic wave | onda sismica | ||
| shock wave | n | literal (seismic tremor) | onda d'urto nf |
| sine wave | onda sinusoidale | ||
| sound wave | onda sonora | ||
| tidal wave | onda di marea | ||
| travelling wave | (phys.) | onda viaggiante nf | |
| water wave | onda d'acqua | ||
| water-wave | dell'onda ad acqua | ||
| wave band | gamma di frequenze | ||
| wave equation | equazione delle onde nf | ||
| wave form | forma d'onda nf | ||
| wave function | funzione d'onda nf | ||
| wave mechanics | meccanica ondulatoria nf | ||
| wave motion | moto ondulatorio | ||
| wave system | sistema d'onda | ||
| wave theory | teoria ondulatoria | ||
| wave-like | come un'onda | ||
| Segnala un errore | |||
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Sentient Wave
she gave him an impatient, back-fingered wave
sinusoidal wave, sound wave, sound barrier
the democratic wave has passed over the Arab world
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wave a baton
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Wave Goodbye
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Waveform: irregular square wave
Year return wave
You are the naked island & I am the wave
heat wave
irrevocably wave any claim or demand
Obama is riding a powerful wave of optimism into the White House.
ocean wave
P3 wave
radio wave death ray
Rotating quarter-wave plate
Sentient Wave
she gave him an impatient, back-fingered wave
sinusoidal wave, sound wave, sound barrier
the democratic wave has passed over the Arab world
to wave / to beckon
to wave bye-bye
wave / bore
wave a baton
wave device
Wave Goodbye
wave model
wave of panic
wave of research
wave tank
wave the girl off
wave trough
Waveform: irregular square wave
Year return wave
You are the naked island & I am the wave
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