egg cup in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for egg cup in the English»Italian Dictionary

egg cup [Brit, Am ˈɛɡˌkəp] N

egg cup

portauovo m

Translations for egg cup in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.cup [Brit kʌp, Am kəp] N

1. cup:

cup (container)

tazza f

cup (smaller)

tazzina f

a cup and saucer

una tazza e un piattino

2. cup:

cup (cupful)

tazza f

cup (smaller)

tazzina f

a cup of tea

una tazza di tè

two cups of flour

due tazze di farina

3. cup SPORTS:

cup

coppa f

to win a cup for swimming, golf

vincere una coppa nel nuoto, golf

4. cup (in bra):

cup

coppa f

I am a B cup

di coppa porto una B

5. cup:

cup (of flower)

corolla f

cup (of acorn)

cupola f

6. cup (drink):

cup

= cocktail preparato e servito in un grosso recipiente di vetro

7. cup REL (for communion):

cup

calice m

II.cup <forma in -ing cupping, pt, pp cupped> [Brit kʌp, Am kəp] VB trans

to cup sth in one's hands butterfly, water

prendere qc con le mani a coppa

to cup sth in one's hands chin

tenere qc tra le mani

to cup one's hands around insect

racchiudere tra le mani

to cup one's hands around flame, match

proteggere, riparare [qc] con la mano

to cup one's hands around one's mouth

farsi portavoce con le or delle mani

to cup one's hand over receiver

coprire con la mano

III.cup [Brit kʌp, Am kəp]

to be in one's cups

essere un po' brillo

I.egg¹ [Brit ɛɡ, Am ɛɡ] N

1. egg:

egg FOOD, BIOL, ZOOL

uovo m

a chocolate egg

un uovo di cioccolato

a chocolate egg before n sandwich

con l'uovo

a chocolate egg collector

di uova

a chocolate egg farm

produttore di uova

a chocolate egg mayonnaise, sauce

con le uova

a chocolate egg noodles

all'uovo

2. egg (fellow) arch, inf:

he's a good, bad egg

è un brav'uomo, un tipaccio

II.egg¹ [Brit ɛɡ, Am ɛɡ] VB trans inf (throw eggs at)

egg person

tirare delle uova a

III.egg¹ [Brit ɛɡ, Am ɛɡ]

to kill sth in the egg

uccidere qc sul nascere

to put all one's eggs in one basket

puntare tutto su una carta sola

to have egg on one's face inf

fare una figuraccia

as sure as eggs is eggs

sicuro come due più due fa quattro

to lay an egg Am inf THEAT

fare cilecca or fare fiasco

to tread on eggs

camminare sulle uova

egg² [Brit ɛɡ, Am ɛɡ]

egg cup in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for egg cup in the English»Italian Dictionary

egg cup

portauovo m inv

Translations for egg cup in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.cup [kʌp] N

1. cup (container):

cup

tazza f

coffee/tea cup

tazza da caffè/tè

egg cup

portauovo m inv

a cup of flour/sugar

una tazza di farina/zucchero

2. cup SPORTS (trophy):

cup

coppa f

the World Cup

la Coppa del Mondo

3. cup BOT, REL:

cup

calice m

4. cup (part of bra):

cup

coppa f

a C cup

una coppa di taglia C

Phrases:

it's not my cup of tea

non è il mio genere

II.cup <-pp-> [kʌp] VB trans

to cup one's hands

mettere le mani a coppa

egg [eg] N

egg

uovo m

fried/boiled eggs

uova fritte/alla coque

hard-boiled egg

uovo sodo

scrambled eggs

uova strapazzate

Phrases:

to put all one's eggs in one basket

puntare tutto su una carta sola

they had egg on their faces inf

hanno fatto una figuraccia

to be a bad egg inf

essere un cattivo elemento

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The yolk mixture is then scooped with a spoon and piped back into each egg cup.

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Instead of sugar, saccharine pills sat in egg cups on tables, so sweet they burned the tongue when surreptitiously slipped into the mouth.

irishecho.com

Egg cups have many shapes and bear various designs.

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Now it's table settings and his and hers egg cups.

www.radiotimes.com

I can just visualise in 50 years' time, someone opening a cupboard in my kitchen and a thousand egg cups will fall out, testimony to yet another failed woodcraft venture.

www.independent.ie

The opening salvo is one, an egg cup of frothy sweet potato bisque topped with a taro chip.

www.thestar.com

It lands in an egg cup on the shelf, which rolls and knocks a dish, which rolls into a laundry basket and into the broom.

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Put the eggs in egg cups, take off the tops and serve with the crispy asparagus soldiers.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

It's a storm in an egg cup.

www.independent.co.uk

They are manacled by grim legislation which allows them about as much freedom as a goldfish in an egg cup.

www.stokesentinel.co.uk