ankle bone in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for ankle bone in the English»Italian Dictionary

ankle bone [Am ˈæŋkəl boʊn] N

ankle bone

astragalo m

Translations for ankle bone in the English»Italian Dictionary

ankle [Brit ˈaŋk(ə)l, Am ˈæŋk(ə)l] N

ankle

caviglia f

to break, sprain, twist one's ankle

rompersi, slogarsi, storcersi una caviglia

I.bone [Brit bəʊn, Am boʊn] N

1. bone:

bone (of human, animal)

osso m

bone (of fish)

lisca f

bone (of fish)

spina f

made of bone

d'osso

chicken on, off the bone

pollo con l'osso, disossato

to break a bone

rompere un osso

to break every bone in one's body

spezzarsi tutte le ossa

I'll break every bone in his body!

gli spezzerò tutte le ossa!

no bones broken

nulla di rotto

he hasn't got a romantic, jealous bone in his body

non ha un briciolo di romanticismo, di gelosia

he hasn't got a romantic, jealous bone in his body before n handle, button

d'osso

2. bone (in corset etc.):

bone

stecca f

II.bones N npl

1. bones (animal skeleton):

bones

ossa f

bones

scheletro m

2. bones (human remains):

bones (in archeology)

resti m umani

bones (in archeology)

scheletro m

to lay sb's bones to rest

seppellire le spoglie di qn

my old bones inf

le mie povere ossa

he'll never make old bones

non vivrà a lungo or non arriverà a invecchiare

3. bones (dice):

bones

dadi m

III.bone [Brit bəʊn, Am boʊn] VB trans

1. bone FOOD:

bone joint, chicken

disossare

bone fish

spinare, diliscare, togliere le spine a

2. bone (reinforce):

bone corset, bodice

rinforzare con stecche

IV.bone [Brit bəʊn, Am boʊn]

bone of contention

oggetto del contendere or pomo della discordia

close to the bone (wounding)

offensivo

close to the bone (racy)

sconcio or volgare

to be a bag of bones

essere pelle e ossa

to cut sth to the bone

ridurre qc all'osso

to feel sth in one's bones

sentirsi qc nelle ossa

to have a bone to pick with sb

avere una questione da sistemare con qn

to make no bones about sth

non farsi scrupoli di qc

sticks and stones may break my bones (but words will never harm me) prov

raglio d'asino non sale al cielo

to work one's fingers to the bone

lavorare sodo or sgobbare

ankle bone in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for ankle bone in the Italian»English Dictionary

caviglia (malleolo)

ankle bone

Translations for ankle bone in the English»Italian Dictionary

ankle [ˈæŋ·kl] N

ankle

caviglia f

I.bone [boʊn] N

bone ANAT:

bone

osso m

bone (of a fish)

lisca f

Phrases:

bone of contention

pomo m della discordia

to work one's fingers to the bone

lavorare come un cane

close to the bone

fuori luogo

to cut sth to the bone

ridurre qc all'essenziale

to feel sth in one's bones

sentirsi qc

to make no bones about sth

non far segreto di qc

to have a bone to pick with sb inf

dover regolare un conto con qu

II.bone [boʊn] ADJ

bone

d'osso

III.bone [boʊn] ADV (as intensifier)

bone lazy

pigrissimo, -a

bone tired

stanchissimo, -a

IV.bone [boʊn] VB trans

bone chicken, meat

disossare

bone fish

spinare

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It is very slender in build and shows the impression of the ascending process of the astragalus, an ankle bone itself lost.

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These are connected to the ankle bone, the talus.

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They have distinctive downturned snouts and uniquely shaped ankle bones that distinguish them from other archosaurs.

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These ulcers are most commonly found above the inner ankle bone.

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One of the upper row of ankle bones, the astragalus, moves with the tibia and fibula.

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When the muscles contract, the energy is first transferred into the stretched tendon which is wrapped around the ankle bone.

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He can see a bulge starting to form where the ankle bone protrudes.

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He explained that the ankle bone sits above the heel bone with a small space in between known as the sinus tarsi.

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In normal feet, there is a space called the sinus tarsi between the ankle bone and the heel bone.

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The slim, lean cigarette pant can be cuffed slightly above the ankle bone, with no break at the cuff.

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