bones in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for bones 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.bare bones [Brit ˈbɛːbəʊnz, Am ˈbɛrboʊnz] N npl

the bare bones

l'essenziale, il succo

the bare bones of the story are

il succo della storia è

II.bare-bones ADJ

bare-bones account:

bare-bones

ridotto all'osso, ridotto all'essenziale

brittle bones [ˈbrɪtlbəʊnz], brittle-bone disease [ˌbrɪtlbəʊndɪˈziːz] N

brittle bones

decalcificazione f

T-bone [Am ˈtiˌboʊn], T-bone steak [ˌtiːbəʊnˈsteɪk] N

T-bone

bistecca f con l'osso

stifle bone [Am ˈstaɪfəl boʊn] N (of horse)

stifle bone

rotula f

bone structure [ˈbəʊnˌstrʌktʃə(r)] N

bone structure

struttura f ossea

bone structure

ossatura f

pubic bone [ˈpjuːbɪkbəʊn] N

pubic bone

osso m pubico

bone-weary [Brit bəʊnˈwɪəri, Am ˌboʊnˈwɪri] ADJ

bone-weary

esausto

bone-weary

sfinito

shin bone [Brit ˈʃɪn ˌbəʊn, Am ˈʃɪnboʊn] N

shin bone

tibia f

tongue bone [ˈtʌŋbəʊn] N

tongue bone

osso m ioide

bones in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for bones 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

funny bone N inf

funny bone

osso del gomito che, se urtato, provoca una sensazione di scossa elettrica

bone meal N

bone meal

farina f d'ossa

bone marrow N

bone marrow

midollo m osseo

bone up for VB trans (prepare for)

bone up for

fare una secchiata inf

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creak bones

scricchiolare

creak of bones

scricchiolio m

Translations for bones in the Italian»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

osso

bone

lisca

bone

osseo (-a)

bone

midollo osseo

bone marrow

disossare

to bone

bones Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be chilled to the bone

avere un freddo cane

to be a bag of bones inf

essere pelle e ossa

to be all skin and bone(s)

essere pelle e ossa

to work one's fingers to the bone

lavorare come un cane

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

to feel it in one's bones (that …)

sentirsela (che…)

to become nothing but skin and bones

ridursi pelle e -a

to be (all) skin and bone(s)

essere pelle ed ossa

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

They later started burying people in secret caves in order to save the bones from desecration by enemies.

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Recovered in the 1975 excavations were 97 mammal bones.

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Fish steaks can be contrasted with fish fillets, which are cut parallel to either side of the spine and do not include the larger bones.

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The COI gene of a group of extinct ratite birds, the moa, were sequenced using 26 subfossil moa bones.

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What remains of the bones are dried in a convection oven, pressed into powder and returned to loved ones.

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The upper bones of the foot (proximals) in turn are fused with the tibia to form tibiotarsus, the centralia disappeared.

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At each of these seats of learning, he left his mark; beyond any other of his contemporaries he animated the dry bones of Roman law.

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In those days spare ribs, soup bones and suet were virtual throw away items.

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The function of the garbage disposer is to grind food waste (e.g. chicken bones, fruit, coffee grinds, meat) so that it can be sent down standard household plumbing without clogging.

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For this example the bones 8, 2, and 5 are placed in the proper order as shown below.

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