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(damp) bagnato (with di); ~ with blood intriso di sangue; to get ~ bagnarsi; to get one’s feet ~ bagnarsi i piedi; to get the floor ~ bagnare il pavimento; ~ through fradicio
(freshly applied) [paint, ink] fresco; to keep sth. ~ non fare asciugare qcs.
(rainy) [weather, season, day] piovoso;
[conditions] di umidità; tomorrow, the North will be ~ domani pioverà al nord; when it’s ~ quando piove
BE spreg. [person] debole;
[remark] poco convincente; don’t be so ~! un po’ di grinta!
BE pol. [cabinet, MP] moderato
n.
(dampness) umidità f.; the car won’t start in the ~ l’auto non parte quando piove; to perform well in the ~ [tyre] offrire buone prestazioni sul bagnato
BE colloq. (feeble person) spreg. debole m. e f.
BE pol. conservatore m. (-trice) moderato (-a).
2. wet /wet/
tr. (forma in -ing -tt-; pass., p.pass. wet)
bagnare [floor, object, clothes]
(urinate in or on) to ~ one’s pants farsi la pipì o farsela addosso; to ~ the bed bagnare il letto
rifl. (forma in -ing -tt-; pass., p.pass. wet) to ~ oneself farsi la pipì o farsela addosso.