en dash in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for en dash in the English»Italian Dictionary

en dash [Am ˈɛn ˌdæʃ] N TYPO

en dash

trattino m medio

Translations for en dash in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.dash [Brit daʃ, Am dæʃ] N

1. dash (rush):

dash

balzo m

dash

corsa f

it has been a mad dash to do

abbiamo dovuto correre come matti per fare

to make a dash for it (run off)

darsela a gambe

shall we make a dash for it? (to shelter)

corriamo laggiù?

to make a dash for the train

correre per prendere il treno

2. dash (small amount):

dash (of liquid)

goccio m (of di)

dash (of pepper, powder)

pizzico m (of di)

dash (of colour)

tocco m (of di)

a dash of humour

un pizzico di umorismo

3. dash (flair):

dash

brio m

dash

impeto m

to have dash

avere brio

4. dash (punctuation mark):

dash

trattino m

5. dash (in morse code):

dash

linea f

dot dot dash

punto punto linea

6. dash MOTOR (dashboard):

dash inf

cruscotto m

7. dash SPORTS:

the 100 yard dash

la corsa delle 100 iarde

II.dash [Brit daʃ, Am dæʃ] INTERJ arch (exasperated)

dash

al diavolo

dash it all! (indignant)

al diavolo tutto!

III.dash [Brit daʃ, Am dæʃ] VB trans

1. dash (smash):

to dash sb, sth against sea, person: rocks

sbattere qn, qc contro

to dash sth to the ground

scagliare qc per terra

to dash sb's brains out against sth

fracassare la testa di qn contro qc

2. dash (crush) fig:

dash hope

annientare

hopes of success were dashed when

le speranze di successo furono annientate quando

IV.dash [Brit daʃ, Am dæʃ] VB intr (hurry)

dash

precipitarsi

dash

correre

to dash into

precipitarsi in

to dash out of

precipitarsi fuori da

to dash for cover

correre al riparo

to dash around or about

correre di qua e di là

I must dash!

devo proprio scappare!

V.dash [Brit daʃ, Am dæʃ]

to cut a dash

fare una bella figura, un figurone

en [Brit ɛn, Am ɛn] N TYPO

en

quadratino m

en dash in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for en dash in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.dash <-es> [dæʃ] N

1. dash (rush):

dash

corsa f

to make a dash for

precipitarsi verso

to make a dash for it

fare una corsa

2. dash (pinch):

dash

pochino m

dash of salt

pizzico m

a dash of color

una punta di colore

3. dash (flair):

dash

brio m

4. dash TYPO:

dash

lineetta f

5. dash (in Morse code):

dash

linea f

II.dash [dæʃ] VB intr

1. dash (hurry):

dash

correre

2. dash (slam into):

to dash against sth

sbattere contro qc

III.dash [dæʃ] VB trans

1. dash (shatter):

dash

rompere

2. dash hopes:

dash

infrangere

3. dash (to dash off a letter/note):

dash

buttar giù una lettera/un appunto

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The gig is ideal for someone who is at a computer during work hours and can, at regular intervals, replace hyphens with en dashes.

torontoist.com

It does not indicate a range, for which the en dash is used; nor does it function as the minus sign, which also uses a separate glyph.

en.wikipedia.org

He's trying and failing to use em dashes (he's using en dashes instead and omitting the trailing space).

security.blogs.cnn.com

In modern fonts, the length of the en dash is not standardized, and the en dash is often more than half the width of the em dash.

en.wikipedia.org

In most uses of en dashes, such as when used in indicating ranges, they are closed up to the joined words.

en.wikipedia.org

Compare use of an en dash used to separate such compounds.

en.wikipedia.org

Many journals do likewise, whereas others expand the ending page numbers in full (184-185), use an en dash instead of a hyphen (1845), or both (184185).

en.wikipedia.org