silly in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for silly in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.silly [Brit ˈsɪli, Am ˈsɪli] ADJ

silly person, question

sciocco, stupido

silly mistake, story, game

stupido

silly behaviour, clothes

ridicolo

silly price

folle

don't be silly (act silly)

non fare lo scemo

don't be silly (talk silly)

non dire sciocchezze

you are a silly boy!

sei proprio uno sciocco!

you silly fool!

stupido! scemo!

what a silly thing to do!

che cosa stupida!

he made me feel really silly!

mi ha fatto sentire un vero scemo!

to do something silly

fare una stupidaggine

to make sb look silly

fare sembrare qn ridicolo

II.silly [Brit ˈsɪli, Am ˈsɪli] ADV (senseless)

he knocked him silly

l'ha steso

to drink oneself silly

stordirsi con l'alcol

to bore sb silly

stufare qn a morte

III.silly [Brit ˈsɪli, Am ˈsɪli] N inf, child language

silly

sciocco m / sciocca f

silly

scemo m / scema f

silly billy [Brit, Am ˈsɪli ˈbɪli] N inf

silly billy

sciocchino m / sciocchina f

silly season [ˈsɪlɪˌsiːzn] N Brit JOURN

silly season

= stagione morta durante la quale i giornali pubblicano solo notizie frivole di scarsa importanza

Silly Putty® [Am ˈsɪli ˈpədi] N Am

Silly Putty

= pasta modellabile

Translations for silly in the Italian»English Dictionary

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sciocchino (sciocchina)

silly billy

bischerata

silly mistake

grulleria

silly thing

grullo

silly

citrullo

silly billy

melenso

silly pej

silly in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for silly in the English»Italian Dictionary

silly <-ier, -iest> [ˈsɪ·li] ADJ

silly person, idea:

silly

sciocco, -a

silly season

periodo estivo in cui i giornali riportano sopprattutto notizie frivole

it was silly of her to …

è stato sciocco da parte sua …

to look silly

avere l'aria ridicola

to laugh oneself silly

stordirsi dal ridere

to knock sb silly inf

stordire qu

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to put on a silly voice

fare una voce ridicola

Translations for silly in the Italian»English Dictionary

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insulso (-a)

silly

sciocco (-a)

silly

oca -a

silly goose

le mie (scappatelle, sciocchezze)

some silly mistakes

silly Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

silly season

periodo estivo in cui i giornali riportano sopprattutto notizie frivole

it was silly of her to …

è stato sciocco da parte sua …

to look silly

avere l'aria ridicola

to laugh oneself silly

stordirsi dal ridere

to knock sb silly inf

stordire qu

to put on a silly voice

fare una voce ridicola

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

She describes herself as tenacious, passionate and fun-loving (silly).

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Another has them acting silly, dancing spontaneously, and humorously fighting for screen time.

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Having silly ideas in one field is no good reason to deny merit for great ideas in another field.

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Many critics and fans described the novel as being silly and weird and couldn't have possibly been made into a film.

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His performance was described by one critic as silly, cliched and straight to video.

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The band were excited about this and thought it would be silly miss an opportunity like this.

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However, it may have also been used as slang for an adult, meaning silly fellow.

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Many of his compositions are silly, funny or spoof songs, while others are serious country songs.

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It was a lot of silly stuff, creatively.

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She believes in magic, and she has a silly sense of humor.

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