guessing game in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for guessing game in the English»Italian Dictionary

guessing game [Brit ˈɡɛsɪŋ ɡeɪm, Am ˈɡɛsɪŋ ˌɡeɪm] N

guessing game

quiz m

Translations for guessing game in the Italian»English Dictionary

la vita è un terno al lotto

life is a guessing game

la vita è un terno al lotto

life is a guessing game

polisenso

= game based on guessing a word or phrase which has different meanings

Translations for guessing game in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.guess [Brit ɡɛs, Am ɡɛs] N

guess

congettura f

guess

supposizione f

to have or make or take a guess

cercare di or tirare a indovinare or azzardare un'ipotesi

to have or make or take a guess at sth

cercare di indovinare qc

my guess is that they will lose

secondo me perderanno

at a (rough) guess I would say that he is about 30

a occhio e croce avrà 30 anni

there are, at a guess, ten families living in that building

ci saranno grossomodo una decina di famiglie che abitano in quel palazzo

I'll give you three guesses!

ti do tre possibilità

that was a good guess!

hai colto nel segno or hai azzeccato!

“how did you know?” - “just a lucky guess!”

“come facevi a saperlo?” - “ho tirato a indovinare”

to make a wild guess

fare congetture azzardate

your guess is as good as mine

ne so quanto te

it's anybody's guess!

Dio solo lo sa! e chi lo sa! chi l'indovina è bravo!

what will happen now is anybody's guess

Dio solo sa ciò che succederà

II.guess [Brit ɡɛs, Am ɡɛs] VB trans

1. guess (intuit):

guess answer, reason, name, identity

(tirare a) indovinare

guess length, width

calcolare (a occhio e croce)

to guess that …

(tirare a) indovinare che …

to guess sb's age (correctly)

indovinare l'età di qn

to guess sb's age (make estimate)

cercare di indovinare l'età di qn

I should guess him to be about 30

gli darei una trentina d'anni

I guessed the time to be about one o'clock

mi sembrava che fosse l'una circa

she had guessed what I was thinking

aveva indovinato che cosa stavo pensando

you'll never guess what has happened!

non indovinerai mai che cosa è successo!

I guessed as much!

lo sospettavo!

guess what! I've won a prize!

indovina (un po')! Ho vinto un premio!

guess who!

indovina chi!

2. guess Am:

guess (suppose)

supporre

guess (believe, think)

credere, pensare

I guess (that) what he says is true

suppongo che ciò che dica sia vero

I guess (that) I must be going now

direi che ora devo andare

“he's right, you know” - “I guess so”

“ha ragione, sai” - “credo di sì”

“you can't be sure” - “I guess not”

“non puoi essere sicuro” - “credo di no”

III.guess [Brit ɡɛs, Am ɡɛs] VB intr

guess

(tirare a) indovinare, congetturare

to guess at plans, outcome

fare delle congetture su

to guess right

indovinare or azzeccare

to guess wrong

non indovinare or sbagliare

you're just guessing!

stai tirando a indovinare!

you'll never guess!

non indovinerai mai!

I couldn't begin to guess

non avevo la minima idea

to keep sb guessing

tenere qn sulle spine or sulla corda

I.game¹ [Brit ɡeɪm, Am ɡeɪm] N

1. game (activity):

game

gioco m

to play a game

fare un gioco

a game for three players

un gioco per tre giocatori

game of chance, of skill

gioco d'azzardo, di abilità

it's only a game!

è soltanto un gioco!

this isn't a game, you know!

guarda che non è un gioco!

to play the game fig

stare al gioco

don't play games with me! (tell me the truth)

non mi raccontare storie!

don't play games with me! (don't try to be smart)

non cercare di fare il furbo!

2. game (session, match):

game (of chess, cards, poker, darts, hide-and-seek, football, hockey, cricket)

partita f

to have or play a game of cards, of chess

fare una partita a carte, a scacchi

let's have a game of football

facciamo una partita a calcio?

let's have a game of cowboys

giochiamo ai cowboy?

3. game Am (professional sporting event):

game

partita f

4. game (section of tournament):

game (in tennis)

gioco m

game (in bridge)

manche f

four games to one

quattro giochi a uno

we're two games all

siamo a due giochi pari

game to Hadman

gioco a Hadman

game, set and match

gioco, set e incontro

5. game (skill at playing):

game

gioco m

how to improve your game

come migliorare il vostro gioco

grass suits my game

l'erba è adatta al mio gioco

she plays a great game of chess

gioca bene a scacchi

to put sb off his or her game

distrarre qn dal gioco

6. game (trick, scheme):

game inf

gioco m

game inf

trucco m

what's your game?

a che gioco stai giocando?

so that's his game!

così è questo il suo giochetto!

I have no choice but to play his game

non ho altra scelta che stare al suo gioco

I decided to play the same game

ho deciso di fare lo stesso gioco

he's up to his old games again

sta di nuovo facendo i suoi giochetti

7. game inf (activity, occupation) pej or hum:

the insurance, marketing game

il giro or il mondo delle assicurazioni, del marketing

the politics game

il gioco della politica

I've been in this game 10 years

sono nel giro da 10 anni

he's new to this game

è nuovo del giro

8. game:

game HUNT, FOOD

cacciagione f

game HUNT, FOOD

selvaggina f

game before n pâté, dish, stew

di selvaggina

game soup

a base di selvaggina

II.games N npl

1. games Brit SCHOOL:

games

educazione f fisica

games

ginnastica f

good at games

bravo in ginnastica

good at games before n teacher, lesson, master, mistress

di educazione fisica

2. games (sporting event):

games, also Games

giochi m

III.game¹ [Brit ɡeɪm, Am ɡeɪm] ADJ

1. game (willing to try):

game

ardito

game

risoluto

he's game for anything

è pronto a tutto

she's always game for an adventure, a laugh

è sempre pronta a tentare l'avventura, a ridere

OK, I'm game

d'accordo, ci sto

2. game (plucky):

game

coraggioso

IV.game¹ [Brit ɡeɪm, Am ɡeɪm]

that's the name of the game

è quello che conta

the game's up

la partita è persa or non c'è più niente da fare

to beat sb at his, their own game

battere qn con le sue stesse armi

to be or go on the game Brit inf

fare la vita

to give the game away

tradirsi

two can play at that game

chi la fa l'aspetti

game² [Brit ɡeɪm, Am ɡeɪm] ADJ (lame)

game leg

zoppo

to have a game leg

essere zoppo

guessing game in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for guessing game in the English»Italian Dictionary

guessing game [ˈge·sɪŋ·ˌgeɪm] N a. fig

guessing game

indovinello f

Translations for guessing game in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.guess [ges] N

guess

congettura f

to take a guess

tirare a indovinare

to take a wild guess

azzardare un'ipotesi

that was a lucky guess

è stata tutta fortuna

your guess is as good as mine!

ne so quanto te

Phrases:

it's anybody's guess

Dio solo lo sa

II.guess [ges] VB intr

1. guess (conjecture):

guess

indovinare

to guess right/wrong

indovinare/non indovinare

guess what I'm doing now?

indovina cosa sto facendo ora?

how did you guess?

come hai fatto a indovinare?

2. guess (believe, suppose):

guess

supporre

to guess that …

immaginare che…

I guess you're right

immagino che tu abbia ragione

III.guess [ges] VB trans

guess

indovinare

Phrases:

to keep sb guessing

tenere qu sulle spine

guess what?

indovina?

I.game¹ [geɪm] N

1. game (entertaining activity):

game

gioco m

board game

gioco da tavolo

game of chance

gioco d'azzardo

the Olympic Games

le Olimpiadi

2. game (match):

game

partita f

a game of chess

una partita a scacchi

3. game SPORTS (skill level):

to be off one's game a. fig

essere fuori forma

4. game (tactic):

the game is up

il giochetto è finito

what's your game?

a che gioco stai giocando?

Phrases:

to give the game away

scoprire gli altarini

two can play at that game

chi la fa l'aspetti

to beat sb at his/her own game

battere qu con le sue stesse armi

II.game¹ [geɪm] ADJ inf (willing)

game

pronto, -a

to be game (to do sth)

starci (a fare qc)

to be game for anything

essere pronto a tutto

game² [geɪm] N (in hunting)

game

cacciagione f

big game

caccia grossa

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Tiring of the guessing game, some newspapers descended to satire.

en.wikipedia.org

Kit encouraged the guessing game, as it helped protect her privacy.

torontoist.com

There's no answer key or list of silhouettes, so the book becomes a big, long, and glorious guessing game.

www.wired.com

For the purposes of this discussion, let's play a guessing game of who could be honored in 2016.

www.cleveland.com

For doctors and patients both, it's a bit of an educated guessing game.

engineering.tamu.edu

An early proponent of whole language reading instruction called reading a psycholinguistic guessing game, and thus children are taught to guess words that they don't know by using context clues.

en.wikipedia.org

No one even really knows the candidates but everyone's playing the guessing game.

www.firstpost.com

It's a guessing game -- educated guessing, yes, but guessing all the same.

www.niemanlab.org

My mom is the hardest to shop for she never really says what she wants so it's always a guessing game!

www.tribute.ca

Everyone wants to play the guessing game, and whether it be family, wedding, this, that the other thing.

www.independent.ie