yes in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for yes in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.yes [Brit jɛs, Am jɛs] ADV

yes Note that there are no direct equivalents in Italian for short replies such as yes I am, yes I did, yes I have. For some suggestions on how to translate these, see the notes at,,, and :

yes

sì

to say yes

dire (di) sì

she always says yes to everything

dice sempre di sì a tutto

10 points for a yes

10 punti per un sì

yes please

sì, grazie

oh, yes!

ah, sì!

II.yes [Brit jɛs, Am jɛs] N

yes

sì m

yes (vote)

sì m

yes (vote)

voto m favorevole

the yeses and the nos

i sì e i no

yes-man <pl yes-men> [Brit ˈjɛsman, Am ˈjɛs ˌmæn] N inf, pej

yes-man

yes-man m

yes-vote [Brit ˈjɛsvəʊt] N

yes-vote

sì m

yes-vote

voto m favorevole

yes-no question [Brit jɛsˈnəʊ ˌkwɛstʃ(ə)n] N LING

yes-no question

domanda f a risposta chiusa

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yes sir

sì, signore

yes sir (to president)

sì, signor presidente

yes sir (to headmaster)

sì, signor direttore

yes sir MIL

signorsì

yes, no sir

sissignore, nossignore!

yes, no siree!

sissignore, nossignore!

Translations for yes in the Italian»English Dictionary

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sissignore

yes, Sir

sissignora

yes, Madam

gnorsì

yes sir

signorsì

yes sir

yes in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for yes in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.yes [jes] ADV

1. yes (affirmative answer):

yes

sì

yes, sir/ma'am

sì, signore/signora

yes, please

sì, grazie

to answer yes to sth

rispondere (di) sì a qc

I'm not a very good cook — yes you are

non sono un bravo cuoco — sì che lo sei

yes indeed

certo che sì

yes, of course!

sì, certo!

2. yes (as question):

yes? TELEC

sì?

Johnny? — yes? — can I have a word?

Johnny — sì? — posso parlarti?

3. yes (indicating doubt):

oh yes?

davvero?

II.yes <yeses> [jes] N (statement in favor)

yes

sì m inv

yes man <-men> [ˈjes·mæn] N pej

yes man

persona servile

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oh yes?

ah sì?

Translations for yes in the Italian»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

signorsì

yes sir

sissignore

yes sir!

sì

yes

rispondere di sì

to say yes

sì e no

yes and no

sì

yes

e be' sì

well, yes

comandi!

yes, sir!

certo che sì/no!

yes of course!/of course not!

sì/no, grazie

yes/no thanks

yes Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

yes, he did indeed say that

si, lo ha proprio detto

yes, sir/ma'am

sì, signore/signora

yes, please

sì, grazie

to answer yes to sth

rispondere (di) sì a qc

yes, of course!

sì, certo!

yes? TELEC

sì?

Johnny? — yes? — can I have a word?

Johnny — sì? — posso parlarti?

oh yes?

davvero?

more potatoes? — (yes) please

altre patate? Sí, grazie

do you have any newspapers? — yes, I do

hai dei giornali? — sì, ne ho

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The word has many meanings or uses: hello, goodbye, yes.

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Yes, we are definitely working on a mixtape or album together.

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Although "lah" can appear nearly anywhere, it does not appear with a yes-no question.

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Yes-no questions have no special grammatical marking as such, but all kinds of questions are optionally followed by the sentence particle "ki".

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The vote was 62% yes to 38% no.

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They received four yes votes and were put through to the next round.

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The vote was 59% yes to 41% no.

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She asks if he'll be at the party that night, to which he answers yes.

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Jim is hanging on and responding with his post-stroke responses of yes and no.

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In answer to the question were these new viruses spreading, the answer, of course, is definitely yes.

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