CHEW - Translation from English into Italian

in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

English

Italian

I. chew [Brit tʃuː, Am tʃu] N

1. chew (act):

chew: masticazione f

2. chew (sweet):

chew: caramella f (gommosa)

3. chew (of tobacco):

chew: cicca f

II. chew [Brit tʃuː, Am tʃu] VB trans

1. chew person:

chew food, chewing gum: masticare

chew fingernails: mangiarsi

chew pencil etc.: mordere

to chew tobacco: masticare tabacco

to chew one's lip: mordersi le labbra

to chew a hole in sth: fare un buco in qualcosa a forza di rosicchiare

2. chew animal:

chew bone: rosicchiare

chew carpet etc.: mangiucchiare

III. chew [Brit tʃuː, Am tʃu] VB intr

chew: masticare

IV. chew [Brit tʃuː, Am tʃu]

to bite off more than one can chew: fare il passo più lungo della gamba

to chew the fat inf: fare quattro chiacchiere

chew out VB [tʃuː -] (chew [sb] out) Am inf

chew out: sgridare

chew out: strigliare

chew over VB [tʃuː -] (chew over [sth], chew [sth] over) inf

chew over problem:

chew over: rimuginare

chew up VB [tʃuː -] (chew up [sth], chew [sth] up)

chew up food:

chew up: masticare bene

chew on VB [tʃuː -] (chew on [sth])

chew on food: masticare

chew on bone: rosicchiare

chew on fig, inf problem: rimuginare

to chew the cud: ruminare also fig

Italian

English

ruminare fig: to chew over

ruminare: to chew the cud

ruminare fig: to chew the cud

masticare: to chew

masticare bene: to chew up

masticare tabacco: to chew tobacco

mastica prima di inghiottire: chew before swallowing

rosicchiare cane:: to chew

rosicchiarsi le unghie: to bite or chew one's nails

cicca: chew

in the PONS Dictionary

English

Italian

I. chew [tʃu:] N

1. chew (tobacco plug):

chew: mozzicone m

2. chew (candy):

chew: caramella f

II. chew [tʃu:] VB trans

chew: masticare

chew out VB trans sl

chew out: fare una parte a

to chew the cud a. fig inf: ruminare

to chew the fat with sb inf: chiacchierare con qu

Italian

English

mordicchiare: to chew

masticare: to chew

sistemare: to chew out

fare il passo più lungo della gamba fig: to bite off more than one can chew

Present
I	chew
you	chew
he/she/it	chews
we	chew
you	chew
they	chew

Past
I	chewed
you	chewed
he/she/it	chewed
we	chewed
you	chewed
they	chewed

Present Perfect
I	have	chewed
you	have	chewed
he/she/it	has	chewed
we	have	chewed
you	have	chewed
they	have	chewed

Past Perfect
I	had	chewed
you	had	chewed
he/she/it	had	chewed
we	had	chewed
you	had	chewed
they	had	chewed

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to chew the cud a. fig inf: ruminare

to chew the fat with sb inf: chiacchierare con qu

fare il passo più lungo della gamba fig: to bite off more than one can chew

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Muscles that control eye and eyelid movement, facial expressions, chewing, talking, and swallowing are especially susceptible.

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The umbilical cord is broken by pulling or chewing or when the placenta is consumed.

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A horse's incisors, premolars, and molars, once fully developed, continue to erupt throughout its lifetime as the grinding surface is worn down through chewing.

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He is noted for having neither drank nor smoked, although he often chewed tobacco.

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The mandibles (jaws) are a highly sclerotized pair of structures that move at right angles to the body; used for biting, chewing and severing food.

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