campa in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for campa in the Italian»English Dictionary

campare¹ [kamˈpare] VB intr aux essere inf

campare (vivere)

to live

campare (tirare avanti)

to struggle along

campare con qc

to scrape a living with sth

campare del proprio lavoro

to earn a or one's living

campare alle spalle di qn

to live off sb's back

neanche se campassi cent'anni

not (even) if I lived to be a hundred

campare alla giornata

to live from hand to mouth

campare d'aria

to live on air

tirare a campare

to get by

campa cavallo!

that'll be the day!

campare² [kamˈpare] VB trans ART

campare

to set off

campare figura

to bring into relief

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tirare avanti or campare stentatamente (in ristrettezze)

barely to scrape a living, to live on a shoestring

campa cavallo!

that'll be the day!

tirare a campare

to get by

Translations for campa in the English»Italian Dictionary

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don't hold your breath! inf

aspetta e spera! campa cavallo!

campa in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for campa in the Italian»English Dictionary

campare [kam·ˈpa:·re] VB intr +essere inf

campare

to live

campare alla giornata

to live from day to day

campare di qc

to live on sth

campare di aria fig

to live on nothing

tirare a campare

to get by

campa, cavallo (che l'erba cresce) prov

you'll have to wait a long time

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tirare a campare

The expression tirare a campare (to get by) expresses a certain philosophy of life that involves avoiding getting worked up or worrying about things, especially in difficult situations. The art of getting through difficulties without getting too caught up in them is found also in the political and administrative arenas.

campa Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

campare alla giornata

to live from day to day

campare di qc

to live on sth

campare di aria fig

to live on nothing

tirare a campare

to get by

campa, cavallo (che l'erba cresce) prov

you'll have to wait a long time

tirare a campare

The expression tirare a campare (to get by) expresses a certain philosophy of life that involves avoiding getting worked up or worrying about things, especially in difficult situations. The art of getting through difficulties without getting too caught up in them is found also in the political and administrative arenas.

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Italian

Campa di volantinaggio e ha un leggero ritardo mentale che lo mette al centro dell'irrisione degli amici di suo fratello.

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Uno scioglilingua è una frase studiata appositamente per essere difficile da pronunciare (per esempio, «sopra la panca la capra campa, sotto la panca la capra crepa»).

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Rodolfo, un attore che si crede già arrivato, in realtà campa come modello e occasionalmente gigolò.

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