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(bloccare) to stop, to halt [persona, veicolo];
to switch off, to stop [macchinario];
to stop [circolazione, massacro];
to discontinue, to stop [produzione];
to staunch, to stop [emorragia, flusso]
(fissare) to fix [sguardo, attenzione]; ~ un bottone to stitch o sew a button on
[polizia] to pull in, to detain, to arrest [delinquente, sospetto];
[poliziotto, vigile] to pull [sb.] over, up [automobilista]
(prenotare) to book, to reserve [camera, tavolo]
intr. (aus. avere) [treno, bus] to stop
fermarsi pronom.
(arrestarsi) [persona, emorragia, musica] to stop;
[veicolo] to stop, to come(irregular) to a stop, to pull in, to halt;
[orologio] to stop, to run(irregular) down;
[motore, macchina] to fail, to stall; non -rsi davanti a nulla fig. spreg. to stop at nothing
(sostare) to stop; -rsi a cena, da un amico to stay for dinner, at a friend’s (house)
locuzioni idiomatiche chi si ferma è perduto prov. he who hesitates is lost.