breakdown in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for breakdown in the English»Italian Dictionary

breakdown [Brit ˈbreɪkdaʊn, Am ˈbreɪkˌdaʊn] N

1. breakdown:

breakdown MOTOR, MECH, TECH

guasto m

breakdown MOTOR, MECH, TECH

panne f (in, of di)

in the event of a breakdown

in caso di guasto

he had a breakdown on the motorway

è rimasto in panne sull'autostrada

he had a breakdown on the motorway before n vehicle

di soccorso (stradale)

breakdown truck

carro attrezzi

2. breakdown (collapse):

breakdown (of communications, negotiations)

rottura f

breakdown (of communications, negotiations)

interruzione f

breakdown (of discipline, order)

dissesto m

breakdown (of discipline, order)

sfacelo m

breakdown (of alliance, coalition)

crollo m

breakdown (of plan)

insuccesso m

3. breakdown MED:

breakdown

esaurimento m

to have a (nervous) breakdown

avere un esaurimento (nervoso)

to be on the verge of a breakdown

essere sull'orlo dell'esaurimento

it's enough to give you a nervous breakdown! hum

c'è da prendersi un esaurimento!

4. breakdown (detailed account):

breakdown (of figures, statistics, costs, budget)

resoconto m analitico

breakdown (of argument)

analisi f (dettagliata)

(by sex, age, nationality) a breakdown of the voters according to sex, age

una ripartizione dei votanti in base al sesso, all'età

a breakdown of how I spent the week

un resoconto dettagliato di come ho trascorso la settimana

5. breakdown:

breakdown BIOL, CHEM

scomposizione f

nervous breakdown [Brit, Am ˈˌnərvəs ˈbreɪkˌdaʊn] N

nervous breakdown

esaurimento m nervoso

to have a nervous breakdown

avere un esaurimento nervoso

breakdown of marriage [ˌbreɪkdaʊnəvˈmærɪdʒ] N LAW

breakdown of marriage

inadempimento f del contratto matrimoniale

Translations for breakdown in the Italian»English Dictionary

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panne

breakdown

rimanere in panne

to have a breakdown

dissesto (di disciplina, ordine)

breakdown

défaillance

breakdown

autogrù

breakdown lorry Brit

autosoccorso

breakdown truck Brit

malasanità

= breakdown in health care provision

sfacelo fig

breakdown

breakdown in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for breakdown in the English»Italian Dictionary

breakdown [ˈbreɪk·daʊn] N

1. breakdown (collapse):

breakdown in negotiations, relationship

rottura f

2. breakdown TECH:

breakdown

guasto m

3. breakdown (division):

breakdown

resoconto m dettagliato

give me a breakdown of the situation

fammi un quadro della situazione

4. breakdown (decomposition):

breakdown

decomposizione f

5. breakdown PSYCH:

(nervous) breakdown

esaurimento m nervoso

nervous breakdown N

nervous breakdown

esaurimento m nervoso

to have a nervous breakdown

avere un esaurimento nervoso

Translations for breakdown in the Italian»English Dictionary

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logoramento

breakdown

cedimento

breakdown

avaria

breakdown

panna

breakdown

guasto

breakdown

disfacimento

breakdown

panne

breakdown

rottura

breakdown

breakdown Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

give me a breakdown of the situation

fammi un quadro della situazione

(nervous) breakdown

esaurimento m nervoso

ease off or you will have a nervous breakdown

rallenta il ritmo o ti verrà un esaurimento nervoso

to have a nervous breakdown

avere un esaurimento nervoso

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The biochemical community was in the process of demonstrating the chemical reactions involved in breakdown of foodstuffs essential for growth.

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Josh overpowers her, and she goes into a mental breakdown.

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Another hypothesis is that schreckstoff is a breakdown product of mucus and club cells, induced by injury.

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A second cause of outbreeding depression may be the breakdown of biochemical or physiological compatibilities between genes in the different breeding populations.

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From its breakdown were born, according to all indications, the romances.

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Krypton-85 is used to ionizing of spark gap inlet gases for breakdown voltage.

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Their breakdown assistance centres operate 24/7 and deal with approximately 4 millions calls a year.

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She finds life there unbearable and eventually suffers a physical breakdown which leads to her return to the family home.

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This actually led to the breakdown of the association.

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The law provides for no-fault divorce based on the irretrievable breakdown of the marital relationship.

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