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(cavalcare) to ride(irregular), to straddle [cavallo]
(salire) to mount, to go(irregular) up, to climb [scala]
zool. (fecondare) to mount, to cover
fig. (gonfiare) to blow(irregular) up, to play up [notizia]
tecn. to assemble [mobile, apparecchio];
to set(irregular) up, to put(irregular) up [tenda];
to fit [serratura, porta];
to fix (up), to put(irregular) up [scaffale]
cinem. to edit [film]
(incastonare) to mount, to set(irregular) [pietra preziosa]
(incorniciare) to mount [fotografia]
gastr. to whip [maionese, panna]; ~ i bianchi a neve beat the egg whites until stiff
mil. ~ la guardia a qcn., qcs. to mount (a) guard over sb., sth.
intr. (aus. essere)
(salire) to mount, to climb; ~ sulle spalle di qcn. to climb o mount on sb.’s shoulders; ~ su un albero to climb a tree; ~ in bicicletta to get o jump on one’s bike; monta in macchina! get in the car! ~ in treno to get on the train; ~ sulla scala to climb (up) the ladder; ~ in groppa a to get (up) on o to mount [cavallo]; ~ in sella to climb into the saddle
fig. (crescere d’intensità) [collera] to mount; gli è montato il sangue alla testa the blood rose o rushed to his head
mil. ~ di guardia to go on guard o watch, to mount guard
montarsi pronom. -rsi la testa to have a swollen head, to get a swelled head; non montarti la testa don’t let it go to your head
locuzioni idiomatiche ~ in bestia to fly off the handle, to blow a fuse; ~ in collera to fly into a rage o temper; ~ in cattedra to pontificate, to get on one’s high horse.