faux pas in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for faux pas in the English»Italian Dictionary

faux pas <pl faux pas> [Brit fəʊ ˈpɑː, Am ˌfoʊ ˈpɑ] N form

faux pas

passo m falso

Translations for faux pas in the Italian»English Dictionary

topica

faux pas

Translations for faux pas in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.PA N

1. PA → personal assistant

PA

assistente personale

2. PA → public address (system)

PA

sistema di diffusione sonora

to announce sth over the PA

annunciare qc per altoparlante

II.PA

PA (in US) → Pennsylvania

PA

Pennsylvania

See also public address system, personal assistant, Pennsylvania

public address system [Brit, Am ˈpəblɪk əˈdrɛs, ˈæˌdrɛs ˈsɪstɪm, ˈsɪstəm] N

public address system

sistema m di altoparlanti

public address system

altoparlanti mpl

personal assistant [Brit, Am ˈpərs(ə)n(ə)l əˈsɪstənt] N

personal assistant (secretary)

segretario m particolare

personal assistant (secretary)

segretaria f privata

personal assistant (assistant)

assistente mf personale

Pennsylvania [Brit ˌpɛnsɪlˈveɪnɪə, Am ˌpɛnsəlˈveɪnjə]

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania f

pa [Brit pɑː, Am pɑ] N inf

pa

papà m

pas [Brit pɑː, Am pɑ] N

1. pas (precedence):

pas

precedenza f

pas

passo m

2. pas (in dancing):

pas (step)

passo m

faux pas in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for faux pas in the English»Italian Dictionary

PA [ˌpi:·ˈeɪ] N

1. PA → public-address system

PA

sistema m di altoparlanti

2. PA → Pennsylvania

PA

Pennsylvania f

See also public-address system, Pennsylvania

public-address system N

public-address system

sistema m di altoparlanti

Pennsylvania [pen·sɪl·ˈveɪ·ni·ə] N

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania f

pa [pɑ:] N inf

pa

papà m inv

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

As she is almost completely deaf, she often commits faux pas by commenting rudely about people within their hearing.

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In fact, this faux pas is an urban legend.

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And that was not the only faux pas.

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The girls were dressed up ala fashion faux pas to raise awareness about the detriment of counterfeit fashion products.

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It's not every toon that deals with midlife crisis, marital dysfunction, child neglect, impotence fears, fashion faux pas and existential angst.

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Almost all of the girls committed minor faux pas.

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It was widely criticized and seen as outrageous and outlandish and an outfit that became the year's fashion faux pas.

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Over the course of the day, she sends a series of text messages to try to balance out this faux pas.

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This faux pas cost the corporation $50 million to settle.

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Despite ongoing criticism, including the animal hat being listed as a 2012 fashion faux pas despite also being a serious fashion statement, they stayed popular into 2013.

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