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Questions about correctly using a word within a particular phrase or context
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Can you use "disgraziato" in this dialogue?
Translating from the Treccani definition:
disgraziato 1a adj. [...] In an exclamation, addressing someone who has committed [...] a bad action [...], was severely reckless [...]
In current use, I th …
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metterci impegno
This is not a fixed expression.
My understanding is that ci in this context is a demonstrative pronoun that stands for in ciò = "in this" (rather than an adverb, like "here").
Vi chiedo di metterci im …
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"ti mancherai" vs. "mancherò"
This is notoriously confusing, because English and Italian use opposite sentence structures to describe the feeling of missing someone.
In English, this is rendered as a literal feeling. The subject o …
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Come tradurre threatening meglio che nel dizionario
Difficile rispondere senza contesto.
Anche secondo me minaccioso è un'ottima traduzione di threatening. Se penso a "un uomo minaccioso", è probabile che stia cercando volontariamente di apparire tale, …
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