give-up in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for give-up in the English»Italian Dictionary

give-up [ˈɡɪvʌp] N ECON

give-up

retrocessione f

I.give up VB [ɡɪv -] (give up)

give up

rinunciare

give up

arrendersi

do you give up?

ti arrendi?

I give up! (exasperated)

mi arrendo! ci rinuncio!

don't give up!

non arrenderti!

to give up on diet, crossword

lasciar perdere

to give up on pupil

considerare irrecuperabile

to give up on patient

dare per spacciato

to give up on friend, partner, associate

piantare

I've given up on him

con lui ho perso ogni speranza

II.give up VB [ɡɪv -] (give up [sth], give [sth] up)

1. give up (renounce or sacrifice):

give up vice, habit

abbandonare, perdere

give up social life, throne, title, claim

rinunciare a

give up free time, Saturdays etc.

sacrificare

give up job, work

lasciare

to give up smoking, drinking

smettere di fumare, di bere

to give everything up for sb

lasciare tutto per qn

to give up one's free time for sth

sacrificare il proprio tempo libero per qc

2. give up (abandon, drop):

give up search, hope, struggle, school subject

abbandonare

give up idea, thought

rinunciare a

to give up trying, writing

smettere di cercare, di scrivere

3. give up (surrender):

give up seat, place, territory

cedere

give up passport, key

restituire

give up secret, treasure

svelare

III.give up VB [ɡɪv -] (give up [sb], give [sb] up)

1. give up (hand over):

give up

consegnare (to a)

to give oneself up

arrendersi or consegnarsi (to a)

2. give up Brit (stop expecting to arrive):

give up

rinunciare ad aspettare qn

I'd given you up!

ti avevo dato per disperso!

3. give up (stop expecting to recover):

give up

dare qn per spacciato

4. give up (discontinue relations with):

give up lover

lasciare

give up friend

lasciar perdere, abbandonare

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to give up sth for Lent

rinunciare a qc durante la quaresima

Translations for give-up in the Italian»English Dictionary

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lasciare il chiostro fig

to give up one's vocation

non demordere!

don't give up!

taluno ci riesce, talaltro rinuncia

some succeed, (some) others give up

ammainare le vele fig

to throw in the towel, to give up

recedere da pretesa

to give up

desistere da qc, dal fare qc (nel mentre)

to give up sth, doing sth

rinunciare

to give up

rinunciare a idea, piano, pretesa

to give up, to abandon, to drop

è inutile, ci rinuncio!

it's hopeless, I give up!

give-up in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for give-up in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.give up VB trans

1. give up (renounce):

give up

rinunciare a

to give up candy for a month

rinunciare alla cioccolata per un mese

to give up doing sth

smettere di fare qc

to give up smoking

smettere di fumare

2. give up (hand over):

give up seat

cedere

3. give up (lose hope):

to give sb up for dead

dare qu per spacciato

to give sb up as lost

dare qu per scomparso

4. give up (surrender):

to give oneself up

arrendersi

to give oneself up to the police

costituirsi

II.give up VB intr

1. give up (quit):

give up

rinunciare

2. give up (cease trying to guess):

give up

arrendersi

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to give up smoking

smettere di fumare

to give up the ghost liter (to die)

esalare l'ultimo respiro

to give up the ghost inf (to stop working)

smettere di funzionare

to give sth/sb up for lost

dare qc/qu per disperso

Translations for give-up in the Italian»English Dictionary

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disdettare (appartamento)

to give up

soccombere (restare vinto: persona)

to give up

rinunciare a qc (carriera, progetto, eredità)

to give up sth

darsi per vinto a. fig

to give up

attaccare la bicicletta al chiodo fig

to give up cycling

smettere (studi)

to give up

give-up Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to give up the struggle to do sth

smettere di lottare per fare qc

to give up smoking

smettere di fumare

to give up the ghost liter (to die)

esalare l'ultimo respiro

to give up the ghost inf (to stop working)

smettere di funzionare

to give sth/sb up for lost

dare qc/qu per disperso

to give up candy for a month

rinunciare alla cioccolata per un mese

to give up doing sth

smettere di fare qc

to give up smoking

smettere di fumare

to give sb up for dead

dare qu per spacciato

to give sb up as lost

dare qu per scomparso

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It is not known which two villages Cambodia would have to give up.

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I ought to give up being a magistrate and set up for a matchmaker!

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Some infantry officers were even required to give up their mounts for the dragoons, creating resentment towards them from this branch as well.

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He claimed that humans thus must give up aspiring to do good, as only by this could salvation be formed.

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Six employees went on hunger strike, saying that will not give up until will be paid them the remaining wages.

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Also, the competitors may face each other with their legs interlocked and pull their heads backwards until one of the competitors would bend forward or give up.

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When love and anger live together in a bottomless hole, the only way to escape one is to also give up the other.

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He restarted his investigation multiple times, and though he always reached a dead-end, he vowed to never give up.

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Thousands of workers give up family time to work unsociable hours to keep their heads above water and pay the mortgage.

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You won't need to give up much space on your worktop for this set with a magnetic base.

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