tail bone in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for tail bone in the English»Italian Dictionary

tail bone [Am ˈteɪlboʊn] N

tail bone

coccige m

Translations for tail bone in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.bone [Brit bəʊn, Am boʊn] N

1. bone:

bone (of human, animal)

osso m

bone (of fish)

lisca f

bone (of fish)

spina f

made of bone

d'osso

chicken on, off the bone

pollo con l'osso, disossato

to break a bone

rompere un osso

to break every bone in one's body

spezzarsi tutte le ossa

I'll break every bone in his body!

gli spezzerò tutte le ossa!

no bones broken

nulla di rotto

he hasn't got a romantic, jealous bone in his body

non ha un briciolo di romanticismo, di gelosia

he hasn't got a romantic, jealous bone in his body before n handle, button

d'osso

2. bone (in corset etc.):

bone

stecca f

II.bones N npl

1. bones (animal skeleton):

bones

ossa f

bones

scheletro m

2. bones (human remains):

bones (in archeology)

resti m umani

bones (in archeology)

scheletro m

to lay sb's bones to rest

seppellire le spoglie di qn

my old bones inf

le mie povere ossa

he'll never make old bones

non vivrà a lungo or non arriverà a invecchiare

3. bones (dice):

bones

dadi m

III.bone [Brit bəʊn, Am boʊn] VB trans

1. bone FOOD:

bone joint, chicken

disossare

bone fish

spinare, diliscare, togliere le spine a

2. bone (reinforce):

bone corset, bodice

rinforzare con stecche

IV.bone [Brit bəʊn, Am boʊn]

bone of contention

oggetto del contendere or pomo della discordia

close to the bone (wounding)

offensivo

close to the bone (racy)

sconcio or volgare

to be a bag of bones

essere pelle e ossa

to cut sth to the bone

ridurre qc all'osso

to feel sth in one's bones

sentirsi qc nelle ossa

to have a bone to pick with sb

avere una questione da sistemare con qn

to make no bones about sth

non farsi scrupoli di qc

sticks and stones may break my bones (but words will never harm me) prov

raglio d'asino non sale al cielo

to work one's fingers to the bone

lavorare sodo or sgobbare

I.tail [Brit teɪl, Am teɪl] N

1. tail ZOOL (of mammal, bird, fish):

tail

coda f

2. tail (end piece):

tail (of aircraft, comet, kite)

coda f

at the tail of the procession

in coda al corteo

3. tail (police observer) inf:

to put a tail on sb

fare pedinare qn

4. tail (buttocks):

tail inf

didietro m

tail inf

sedere m

II.tails N npl

1. tails (tailcoat):

tails

frac m

tails

marsina f

wearing tails

in frac

white tie and tails (on invitations)

cravatta bianca

2. tails (of coin):

tails

rovescio m

tails

croce f

heads or tails?

testa o croce?

tails you win

se esce croce vinci tu

III.-tailed COMP

-tailed

fornito di coda, caudato

long-tailed

dalla coda lunga

bob-tailed

dalla coda mozza

IV.tail [Brit teɪl, Am teɪl] VB trans inf

tail suspect, car:

tail

pedinare, seguire (to fino a)

we're being tailed

ci stanno seguendo

V.tail [Brit teɪl, Am teɪl]

I can't make head (n)or tail of this

non riesco a venire a capo di tutto questo

we couldn't make head or tail of his reply

a noi la sua risposta è sembrata senza capo né coda

to be on sb's tail

essere alle calcagna di qn or essere sulle tracce di qn

to go off with one's tail between one's legs

andarsene con la coda fra le gambe

to turn tail pej

darsela a gambe

tail bone in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for tail bone in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.bone [boʊn] N

bone ANAT:

bone

osso m

bone (of a fish)

lisca f

Phrases:

bone of contention

pomo m della discordia

to work one's fingers to the bone

lavorare come un cane

close to the bone

fuori luogo

to cut sth to the bone

ridurre qc all'essenziale

to feel sth in one's bones

sentirsi qc

to make no bones about sth

non far segreto di qc

to have a bone to pick with sb inf

dover regolare un conto con qu

II.bone [boʊn] ADJ

bone

d'osso

III.bone [boʊn] ADV (as intensifier)

bone lazy

pigrissimo, -a

bone tired

stanchissimo, -a

IV.bone [boʊn] VB trans

bone chicken, meat

disossare

bone fish

spinare

I.tail [teɪl] N

1. tail ANAT, AVIAT:

tail

coda f

2. tail pl inf (tail coat):

tail

frac m inv

3. tail pl (side of coin):

tail

croce f

4. tail inf (person):

tail

pedinatore(-trice) m (f)

5. tail inf (bottom):

tail

didietro m inv

Phrases:

to chase one's tail

girare a vuoto fig

to turn tail and run

darsela a gambe

II.tail [teɪl] VB trans

tail

pedinare