pep pill in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for pep pill in the English»Italian Dictionary

pep pill [Brit, Am ˈpɛp ˌpɪl] N inf

pep pill

pastiglia f eccitante

Translations for pep pill in the Italian»English Dictionary

bomba

pep pill

Translations for pep pill in the English»Italian Dictionary

pill¹ [Brit pɪl, Am pɪl] N

1. pill (for general use):

pill MED, PHARM

pastiglia f

pill MED, PHARM

pillola f (for contro, per)

to take a pill

prendere una pastiglia or una compressa

2. pill (contraceptive):

the pill

la pillola (anticoncezionale)

to be on, to go on the pill

prendere la pillola, iniziare a prendere la pillola

to come off the pill

smettere di prendere la pillola

3. pill (idiot):

pill inf

persona f pallosa

pill inf

pizza f

he found it a bitter pill to swallow

per lui è stato un boccone amaro da mandare giù

to sugar or sweeten or gild the pill

addolcire or indorare la pillola

pill² [Brit pɪl, Am pɪl] VB intr

pill sweater:

pill

fare i pallini

PEP N

PEP (in GB) ECON → Personal Equity Plan

PEP

fondo pensionistico privato

I.pep [Brit pɛp, Am pɛp] N

pep

energia f

pep

dinamismo m

pep

vigore m

II.pep <forma in -ing pepping, pt, pp pepped> [Brit pɛp, Am pɛp] VB trans

pep

vivacizzare

pep

animare

pep pill in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for pep pill in the English»Italian Dictionary

pep pill N inf

pep pill

pillola f eccitante

Translations for pep pill in the English»Italian Dictionary

pill [pɪl] N

1. pill:

pill

pillola f

pill

pastiglia f

pill

compressa f

the pill (contraception)

la pillola

to be on the pill

prendere la pillola

to pop pills

impasticcarsi

2. pill inf (pesky person):

pill

rompiscatole mf inv

Phrases:

to be a bitter pill to swallow

essere duro da mandar giù

to sweeten [or sugar] the pill

indorare la pillola

I.pep [pep] N inf

pep

energia f

to be full of pep

essere pieno di energia

II.pep <-pp-> [pep] VB trans

to pep sb up

tirare su qu

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

After four hours they'd wake us up and give us the pep pills again...

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They'd give us pep pills.

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Today the tendency and the fashion is for pills, tablets and capsules, in the most delightful pastel shades, not forgetting pep pills and happy pills' -- he was writing in 1965!

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Cash was arrested and charged with importing and concealing over 1,000 pep pills and tranquilizers.

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The cat eats pep pills to get the energy needed to catch the mouse, to no effect.

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But he should have told us, for comparison, to what extent pep pills were deployed by other national forces.

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