old in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

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I.old [Brit əʊld, Am oʊld] ADJ

2. old (of a particular age):

how old are you, is he?
quanti anni hai, ha?
no-one knows how old this tree is
nessuno sa quanti anni abbia, nessuno conosce l'età di questo albero
she is 10 years old
ha 10 anni
a six-year-old girl
una bambina di sei anni
a six-year old
un bambino di sei anni
when you were one year old
quando avevi un anno
this bread is two days old
questo pane è vecchio di due giorni
a centuries-old tradition
una tradizione vecchia di secoli
to be as old as sb
avere la stessa età di qn
to be as old as the century
essere nato all'inizio del secolo
I'm older than you
sono più vecchio di te
she is 10 years older than him
ha 10 anni più di lui
the north wing is 100 years older than the east wing
l'ala nord è più vecchia di 100 anni rispetto all'ala est
my older brother, sister
mio fratello, mia sorella maggiore
an older man, woman
un uomo più vecchio, una donna più vecchia
the older children play here
i (bambini) più grandi giocano qui
I'll tell you when you're older
te lo dirò quando sarai più grande
he's going to be handsome when he's older
quando crescerà or quando sarà più grande diventerà un bel ragazzo
as you get older you learn what really matters
quando cresci or invecchi impari quali sono le cose che contano veramente
I'm the oldest
sono il più grande or il più vecchio
the oldest person there was 18
il più grande aveva 18 anni
I'm old enough to be your father, mother
potrei essere tuo padre, tua madre
to be old enough to do
essere grande abbastanza per fare
you're old enough to know better
alla tua età dovresti avere un po' di buonsenso
you're too old for silly games
ormai sei (troppo) grande per fare queste stupidaggini
he's too old for you
è troppo vecchio per te
that dress is too old for you
quel vestito ti invecchia troppo
to be old for one's age
essere maturo per la propria età

II.old [Brit əʊld, Am oʊld] N

old fogey, old fogy [ˌəʊldˈfəʊɡɪ] N inf

old country [Brit, Am oʊld ˈkəntri] N

old guard [Brit, Am ˌoʊld ˈɡɑrd] N

old soldier [ˌəʊldˈsəʊldʒə(r)] N

old woman <pl old women> [Brit, Am oʊld ˈwʊmən] N

I.old gold [Am ˌoʊld ˈɡoʊld] N

II.old gold [Am ˌoʊld ˈɡoʊld] ADJ (colour)

old age [Brit, Am ˌoʊld ˈeɪdʒ] N

I.old-fashioned [Brit əʊldˈfaʃ(ə)nd, Am ˌoʊldˈfæʃənd] ADJ

II.old-fashioned [Brit əʊldˈfaʃ(ə)nd, Am ˌoʊldˈfæʃənd] N Am

I.old style [Am ˈoʊld ˌstaɪl] ADJ

old in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for old in the English»Italian Dictionary

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old-fashioned [ˌoʊld·ˈfæ·ʃənd] ADJ pej

old-timer [ˈoʊld·ˌtaɪ·mɚ] N inf

old wives' tale [ˌoʊld·ˈwaɪvz·ˌteɪl] N

old Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be tough as old boots meat
essere duro come una suola di scarpa
at the ripe old age of 80
alla bell'età di 80 anni
he's a chip off the old block inf
ha preso dal padre [o dalla madre]
to be back to one's old self
tornare in sé fig
to be a support in sb's old age
essere il bastone della vecchiaia di qu fig
how old are you? — I'm 29
quanti anni hai? — ne ho 29
it's the same old same old
è sempre la solita storia inf
there's life in the old bird yet
gallina vecchia fa buon brodo prov, hum
to be as old as the hills
essere più vecchio di Matusalemme
to be as old as the hills
essere vecchio come il cucco

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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This is a celebration of what really can happen for every school in the country and beyond - every hospital, every old people's home, every business.
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The old and infirm who came to be healed, including children were trampled upon in the mass hysteria.
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I think old graphics were unbelievably more beautiful than what we have today.
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She was born into a yachting family and was taken sailing for the first time when only a few weeks old.
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The young man with his spirit friends sat on the edge of a cliff while the old woman walked out into the thin air.
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There, a little old man dressed in tight leggings and a thin shirt wearing a cap with a feather approached him.
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If your five-year-old body and your seventy-year-old body consist of different matter, then what makes them the same body?
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These witches have also been humorously referred to be spinsters who will end up there in order to escape from the old maid tax.
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Nobles accused him of trying to change the old ways, and even managed to find fault with the building codes.
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Students were transferred from the old campus to this new building and admissions were open to fill up the space.
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