h.p. in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for h.p. in the English»Italian Dictionary

h.p., HP N

1. h.p. → horsepower

h.p.

cavallo vapore

h.p.

CV m

2. h.p. Brit → hire purchase

h.p.

acquisto con pagamento rateale

See also horsepower, hire purchase

horsepower [Brit ˈhɔːspaʊə, Am ˈhɔrsˌpaʊ(ə)r] N (unit of power)

horsepower

cavallo m vapore

a 90 horsepower engine

un motore da 90 cavalli

hire purchase [Brit, Am ˈhaɪ(ə)r ˈˌpərtʃəs] N

hire purchase

acquisto m con pagamento rateale

on hire purchase

a rate

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Later the company built both 20 and 25 foot mahogany boats powered by 50 h.p.

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By 1908, their 26-seater charabanc was powered by a 30 h.p.

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The 75 h.p. model used two tracks for steering.

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It was a single-engine twin-seat side-by-side open cockpit low-wing training monoplane powered by a 75 h.p.

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