desert island in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for desert island in the English»Italian Dictionary

desert island [Brit, Am ˌdɛzərt ˈaɪlənd] N

desert island

isola f deserta

Translations for desert island in the Italian»English Dictionary

isola deserta

desert island

Translations for desert island in the English»Italian Dictionary

island [Brit ˈʌɪlənd, Am ˈaɪlənd] N

1. island:

island

isola f

island (small)

isolotto m

island (small)

isoletta f

island of peace, hope fig

isola di pace, di speranza

island of peace, hope before n (of particular island)

isolano, dell'isola

island of peace, hope (of islands generally)

insulare, delle isole

an island community

una comunità insulare

the island community

la popolazione insulare

2. island → traffic island

no man is an island

= non si può fare a meno degli altri

See also traffic island

traffic island [Brit, Am ˈtræfɪk ˈaɪlənd] N

traffic island

isola f spartitraffico

I.desert¹ [Brit dɪˈzəːt, Am dəˈzərt] VB trans

desert

abbandonare (for per)

desert MIL post

abbandonare

our luck deserted us

la fortuna ci abbandonò

his appetite deserted him

ha perduto l'appetito

has she deserted you again? hum

ti ha lasciato di nuovo?

II.desert¹ [Brit dɪˈzəːt, Am dəˈzərt] VB intr

desert soldier:

disertare

desert politician:

fare defezione

to desert to the enemy camp

passare al (campo) nemico

I.desert² [Brit ˈdɛzət, Am ˈdɛzərt] N (all contexts)

desert

deserto m

II.desert² [Brit ˈdɛzət, Am ˈdɛzərt] ADJ before n

desert region

desertico

desert flora, fauna

del deserto

desert island in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for desert island in the Italian»English Dictionary

isola deserta

desert island

Translations for desert island in the English»Italian Dictionary

island [ˈaɪ·lənd] N

island

isola f

island of calm fig

isola di pace

I.desert¹ [dɪ·ˈzɜ:rt] VB intr MIL

desert

disertare

II.desert¹ [dɪ·ˈzɜ:rt] VB trans

desert

abbandonare

desert one's post

lasciare

to desert sb (for sb else)

lasciare qn (per un'altra persona)

desert² [ˈde·zɚt] N

desert

deserto m

desert plant/animal

pianta/animale del deserto

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The show was set on a desert island.

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The term desert island therefore typically refers to an undiscovered island.

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Alone on a desert island, he fights to survive, eating the local, tropical vegetation.

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Set on a desert island with a group of beachcombers as the main characters, the strip addressed serious issues of its time.

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Ranging from asking a girl out to surviving on a desert island, the boys are always doing something different.

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It has the appearance of a classic paradise desert island and has been photographed for use in print medium in a number of advertising campaigns.

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They strand on a desert island where they manage to establish a perfectly working state.

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Finally, they find a dodo egg on a desert island, so the dodo can reproduce himself.

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When the two and some others are shipwrecked on a desert island, they are left to fend for themselves in a state of nature.

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While the original game took place in a nondescript building, the sequels transposed the action to a polar setting and a desert island.

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