drown in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for drown in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.drown [Brit draʊn, Am draʊn] VB trans

1. drown (kill by immersion):

drown person, animal

affogare, annegare

20 people were drowned in the accident

20 persone morirono affogate nell'incidente

the entire crew was drowned

l'intero equipaggio morì annegato

2. drown (make inaudible):

drown song, sound, voice

soffocare, coprire, smorzare

3. drown (flood):

drown land, village, valley

sommergere, allagare

4. drown fig:

drown drink

allungare, annacquare (in con)

drown food

ricoprire (in di)

to be drowned in meat, potatoes: gravy, sauce

nuotare in

II.drown [Brit draʊn, Am draʊn] VB intr

drown

affogare

drown

annegare

III.to drown oneself VB refl

to drown oneself

affogarsi

to drown oneself

annegarsi

IV.drown [Brit draʊn, Am draʊn]

to drown one's sorrows

annegare i propri dispiaceri (nell'alcol)

I.drown out VB [draʊn -] (drown [sth] out, drown out [sth])

drown out noise, sound, music:

drown out

coprire, smorzare

II.drown out VB [draʊn -] (drown [sb] out)

drown out person:

drown out

coprire la voce di

Translations for drown in the Italian»English Dictionary

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annegare persona, animale

to drown

annegare i dispiaceri nell'alcol

to drown one's sorrows, to drink one's sorrows away

annegare

to drown

annegarsi

to drown oneself

affogare persona, animale

to drown

affogare i dispiaceri nell'alcol fig

to drown one's sorrows, to drink one's troubles or sorrows away

affogare

to drown

affogarsi

to drown oneself

allagare campi, città, casa

to drown

soverchiare rumore:

to drown (out)

morire affogato

to drown

filtrare rumore

to drown

sovrapporsi rumore, suono:

to drown (out)

annegare i propri dispiaceri (nell'alcol)

to drown one's sorrows

drown in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for drown in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.drown [draʊn] VB trans

1. drown (die in water):

drown

affogare

to look like a drowned rat inf

esser bagnato come un pulcino

2. drown (engulf in water):

drown

affogare

3. drown (make inaudible):

drown

soffocare

the music drowned out her voice

la musica copriva la sua voce

Phrases:

to drown one's sorrows in drink

affogare i propri dispiaceri nell'alcol

II.drown [draʊn] VB intr

1. drown (die):

drown

annegare

2. drown fig inf (have too much):

to be drowning in work

essere sommerso dal lavoro

Translations for drown in the Italian»English Dictionary

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annegare

to drown

annegare

to drown

annegarsi

to drown oneself

affogare

to drown

affogare i dispiaceri nell'alcol

to drown one's sorrows

affogare

to drown

affogarsi

to drown oneself

morire affogato

to drown

drown Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to drown one's sorrows in drink

affogare i propri dispiaceri nell'alcol

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The fluids purpose is to drown the organisms because most cant survive in the fluid.

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Just as he is about to drown, he is rescued by a group from a traveling pageant show.

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He finally manages it, but gets trapped underneath the surface and accepts that he is going to drown.

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The group manage to free him before he can drown, but he is left with a broken neck.

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He drives to a secluded beach, swims out into the ocean and intends to drown.

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As he calls out for his friends, he is shown to slowly sink into the slurry and drown.

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She loses consciousness in the bathtub and starts to drown.

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They did not drown, but lived underwater breathing like fish.

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They are still talking and waiting for the ocean to drown them.

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I'm the captain going down with the ship... but just maybe we'll make to land before we all drown.

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