clapped-out in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for clapped-out in the English»Italian Dictionary

clapped-out [Am ˌklæptˈaʊt] ADJ mai attrib. inf

clapped-out

scassato, rovinato

clapped-out

sgangherato

clapped-out

in ginocchio

clapped-out (exhausted) horse, person

esausto, stanco morto

clapped-out (past it)

finito

Translations for clapped-out in the Italian»English Dictionary

I.scassato [skasˈsato] VB pp

scassato → scassare

II.scassato [skasˈsato] ADJ

1. scassato AGR:

scassato terreno

loosened

scassato terreno

ploughed up Brit

scassato terreno

plowed up Am

2. scassato inf:

scassato apparecchio, oggetto

bust(ed)

scassato motore, veicolo

wrecked

scassato motore, veicolo

beat-up

scassato motore, veicolo

clapped-out

See also scassare

I.scassare [skasˈsare] VB trans

1. scassare AGR:

scassare

to dig up

scassare

to loosen

scassare

to plough up Brit

scassare terreno

to plow up Am

2. scassare (rompere) inf:

scassare apparecchio, oggetto

to bust

scassare motore, veicolo

to wreck

3. scassare (sfinire) inf corsa, passeggiata:

scassare persona

to wear out

4. scassare (stufare):

scassare inf

to piss off

mi stai scassando

you're pissing me off

II.scassarsi VB refl

scassarsi meccanismo, macchina, apparecchio, bicicletta:

scassarsi

to conk out

scassarsi

to break (down)

I.sgangherato [zɡanɡeˈrato] VB pp

sgangherato → sgangherare

II.sgangherato [zɡanɡeˈrato] ADJ

1. sgangherato (mal tenuto):

sgangherato sedia, mobile

rickety

sgangherato casa

ramshackle

una macchina -a

a junk heap

2. sgangherato (sconnesso):

sgangherato discorso

incoherent

sgangherato idea

clapped-out

3. sgangherato (scomposto):

un riso sgangherato

a wild laugh

4. sgangherato (sguaiato):

sgangherato

coarse

sgangherato

vulgar

5. sgangherato (male in arnese):

un vecchietto sgangherato

a decrepit old man

See also sgangherare

I.sgangherare [zɡanɡeˈrare] VB trans

1. sgangherare porta:

sgangherare

to unhinge

2. sgangherare (sfasciare):

sgangherare fig

to smash

sgangherare oggetto

to break (up)

II.sgangherarsi VB refl

sgangherarsi dalle risa

to split one's sides (with laughing)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It was a beautiful copper colour, but a bit clapped-out and constantly causing trouble, but it was great fun.

www.theglobeandmail.com

Both writer and composer were keen to revolutionise what they saw as a clapped-out tradition of opera in desperate need of a rethink.

www.independent.co.uk

We spend the afternoon of our wedding anniversary (and my birthday) by the side of a road with our clapped-out car waiting to be picked up by a recovery vehicle.

www.telegraph.co.uk

They would rather stand than put up with the other slow, clapped-out trains.

www.independent.co.uk

Paradoxically, his animals remain unknowable not because they're in the wilderness but because they're in captivity, in the cramped, clapped-out cages of old, outmoded zoos.

www.winnipegfreepress.com

Old mungoes look enviously at their rah-rah counterparts, snorting and pawing the ground as they watch scrums, muscles twitching like clapped-out racehorses at the sound of the starter's voice.

www.smh.com.au

Eighty years on it remains popular with audiences, a hardy perennial which has doubtless saved the bacon of many clapped-out theatre producers.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Tomorrow he'll sit at his desk and wait for his next improbable muse to pull up in some clapped-out vehicle.

www.listener.co.nz

The clapped-out car emerged from the water today - and park officers reported it to police in case it amounts to criminal evidence.

www.standard.co.uk

In addition to all this, their massive production -- sometimes in rather clapped-out factories -- has created huge air pollution problems.

www.abc.net.au