empty-nest syndrome in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for empty-nest syndrome in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.empty [Brit ˈɛm(p)ti, Am ˈɛm(p)ti] ADJ

1. empty (lacking people):

empty room, building, theatre, beach, street

vuoto, deserto

empty desk

vuoto, libero

to stand empty house:

essere libero, vuoto

to stand empty office:

essere vacante

2. empty (lacking contents):

empty container, pocket, diary, page

vuoto

empty desktop

libero

empty stomach

vuoto

3. empty (unfulfilled):

empty promise, threat, dream

vano

empty argument, rhetoric, gesture

vuoto

empty of meaning

privo or vuoto di senso

4. empty (purposeless):

empty life, days, person

vuoto (of di)

II.empties N

empties npl Brit inf:

empties (bottles)

vuoti m

empties (glasses)

bicchieri m vuoti

III.empty [Brit ˈɛm(p)ti, Am ˈɛm(p)ti] VB trans

1. empty (clear):

empty building, theatre, container, mind

vuotare, svuotare

2. empty (pour):

empty liquid

versare

have you emptied the rubbish?

hai vuotato la pattumiera?

IV.empty [Brit ˈɛm(p)ti, Am ˈɛm(p)ti] VB intr

empty building, container, public place, vehicle:

vuotarsi, svuotarsi

empty river:

buttarsi

empty contents:

riversarsi

I.nest [Brit nɛst, Am nɛst] N

1. nest (of animal):

nest

nido m

to build or make its nest

farsi il nido

wasps', ants' nest

nido di vespe, formiche

2. nest (group of baby birds, mice):

nest

nidiata f (of di)

3. nest (of criminals, traitors):

nest

covo m

nest

rifugio m

4. nest (of boxes, bowls):

nest

= serie di oggetti che possono essere contenuti l'uno dentro l'altro

nest of tables

serie di tavolini che rientrano uno sotto l'altro

5. nest (gun site):

nest

nido m

II.nest [Brit nɛst, Am nɛst] VB intr

1. nest bird:

nest

fare il nido, nidificare

2. nest:

nest tables:

rientrare l'uno sotto l'altro

nest boxes, pans:

inserirsi l'uno nell'altro

III.nest [Brit nɛst, Am nɛst]

to flee or fly or leave the nest

lasciare il nido

to feather one's (own) nest

riempirsi le tasche

to foul one's (own) nest polluter:

= distruggere un bene comune

to foul one's (own) nest criminal, adulterer:

infangare il buon nome della propria famiglia

a nest of vipers, a vipers'nest

un covo di vipere

syndrome [Brit ˈsɪndrəʊm, Am ˈsɪnˌdroʊm] N (all contexts)

syndrome

sindrome f

empty-nest syndrome in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for empty-nest syndrome in the English»Italian Dictionary

empty-nest syndrome N

empty-nest syndrome

sindrome f del nido vuoto

Translations for empty-nest syndrome in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.empty <-ier, -iest> [ˈemp·ti] ADJ

1. empty (with nothing inside):

empty

vuoto, -a

empty truck, ship

senza carico

empty house

disabitato, -a

2. empty (insincere):

empty promise, threat

vuoto, -a

3. empty (useless):

empty

vano, -a

empty phrase

frase senza significato

II.empty <-ie-> [ˈemp·ti] VB trans

empty (pour)

versare

empty (deprive of contents)

svuotare

III.empty <-ie-> [ˈemp·ti] VB intr

empty

svuotarsi

empty river

sfociare

to empty into the Mississippi

sfociare nel Mississippi

IV.empty <-ies> [ˈemp·ti] N pl

empty

vuoti m (di bottiglie, bicchieri, ecc.)

I.nest [nest] N

1. nest (of insects, birds and small animals):

nest

nido m

2. nest (cozy domicile):

nest

nido m

to leave the nest

lasciare il nido

3. nest pej (den):

nest

covo m

4. nest (location that swarms with sth bad):

nest

covo m

5. nest (set, cluster, assemblage):

nest

set m

II.nest [nest] VB intr

nest

fare il nido

syndrome [ˈsɪn·droʊm] N

syndrome

sindrome m

acquired immune deficiency syndrome

sindrome da immunodeficienza acquisita

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

But empty-nest syndrome is not about doing things differently.

www.nzherald.co.nz

Empty-nest syndrome is often felt more acutely by women, who tend to take on the lion's share of family life.

www.dailymail.co.uk

For years, nobody had a name for empty-nest syndrome, and therefore nobody really acknowledged its universality.

www.nzherald.co.nz

Now the wonder horse is facing up to empty-nest syndrome.

metro.co.uk

Conversations in the store cover subjects like menopause, erectile dysfunction, and empty-nest syndrome more now than they have in the past.

www.straight.com

There is no empty-nest syndrome in these households.

www.webmd.com

For a while, we framed it as an extreme case of empty-nest syndrome.

www.independent.co.uk

Empty-nest syndrome -- my five children were all able to look after themselves -- had left me feeling used up, confused and afraid for the future.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Helicopter parents' most at risk for empty-nest syndrome, while others embrace the new freedom of having grown kids.

www.thestar.com