bluff in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for bluff in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.bluff¹ [Brit blʌf, Am bləf] N (ruse, also in cards)

bluff

bluff m

II.bluff¹ [Brit blʌf, Am bləf] VB trans

bluff

ingannare

to bluff sb into thinking sth

fare credere qc a qn

to bluff one's way out of a situation

tirarsi fuori da una situazione bluffando

III.bluff¹ [Brit blʌf, Am bləf] VB intr (bluffare) (also in cards)

he's (only) bluffing

sta (solo) bluffando

IV.bluff¹ [Brit blʌf, Am bləf]

to call sb's bluff

costringere qn a scoprire le proprie carte or scoprire il gioco di qn

it's time we called his bluff

è ora che metta le carte in tavola

to bluff it (out)

cavarsela con l'inganno

bluff² [Brit blʌf, Am bləf] ADJ

bluff person, manner:

bluff

franco, schietto

bluff³ [Brit blʌf, Am bləf] N

bluff (bank)

scarpata f

bluff (bank)

erta f

bluff (cliff)

scogliera f

bluff (cliff)

promontorio m a picco

double bluff [Brit, Am ˈˌdəbəl ˈbləf] N

double bluff

= il dire la verità a qn facendo credere che sia una bugia

Translations for bluff in the Italian»English Dictionary

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bluff

bluff

è tutto un bluff!

it's only a bluff!

fare un bluff

to bluff

bluffare

to bluff

scogliera (rocce a pelo d'acqua)

bluff

scoprire il gioco di qn

to call sb's bluff also fig

bluff in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for bluff in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.bluff¹ [blʌf] VB intr

bluff

bluffare

II.bluff¹ [blʌf] VB trans

bluff

ingannare

III.bluff¹ [blʌf] N

bluff

bluff m inv

to call sb's bluff

far mettere le carte in tavola a qu

bluff² [blʌf] N

bluff (steep bank)

rupe m

bluff (cliff)

scogliera f

bluff³ <-er, -est> [blʌf] ADJ (in manner)

bluff

diretto, -a

Translations for bluff in the Italian»English Dictionary

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bluffare

to bluff

mosca cieca (gioco)

blind man's bluff

bluff Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to call sb's bluff

far mettere le carte in tavola a qu

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The house included a subterranean excavation or cave in the tufa bluff directly to the rear of the building.

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The course drops 225 ft from its highest point down to the bluff, 180 ft above lake level and has 3100 ft of lake frontage.

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At present, hay fields and cattle ranches occupy most of the bluff.

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Players will thus attempt to trick other players into overbidding by use of early bluffs to inflate a particular face value.

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Even when the charges are more serious, prosecutors often can still bluff defense attorneys and their clients into pleading guilty to a lesser offense.

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The other player may either call a higher-ranking hand, call the bluff, or re-roll some or all of their dice.

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After infiltrating the vault and after several series of bluffs and cons, the group succeeds in stealing $160 million.

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Bluffs in liar's dice can be split into two main categories: early bluffs and late bluffs.

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Thus, the bluff is false information that can lead to incorrect higher bids being made on that face value.

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