higgledy-piggledy in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for higgledy-piggledy in the English»Italian Dictionary

higgledy-piggledy [Brit ˌhɪɡ(ə)ldɪˈpɪɡ(ə)ldi, Am ˌhɪɡəldiˈpɪɡəldi] ADJ, ADV

higgledy-piggledy

alla rinfusa, sottosopra

Translations for higgledy-piggledy in the Italian»English Dictionary

confusamente [konfuzaˈmente] ADV

1. confusamente (in maniera poco chiara):

confusamente spiegare, capire

confusedly

confusamente ricordare

vaguely

2. confusamente (alla rinfusa):

confusamente

haphazardly

confusamente

higgledy-piggledy

confusamente

pell-mell

I.rinfusa, alla rinfusa [allarinˈfuza] ADJ inv NAUT (non imballato)

rinfusa carico, merce, trasporto

(in) bulk

II.rinfusa, alla rinfusa [allarinˈfuza] ADV (in disordine)

rinfusa

higgledy-piggledy

rinfusa

pell-mell

rinfusa

haphazardly

essere gettato alla rinfusa

to be jumbled together

higgledy-piggledy in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for higgledy-piggledy in the English»Italian Dictionary

higgledy-piggledy [ˌhɪ·gl·dɪ·ˈpɪ·gl·di] ADJ inf

higgledy-piggledy

alla rinfusa

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Each higgledy-piggledy street is dedicated to a craft, the most interesting being the traditional metalwork, jewellery, and pottery shops.

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Children made up the first contingent, wrapped for the journey in capes and blankets, with canvases tossed higgledy-piggledy over all.

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Both are nearly complete 20th-century reconstructions, right down to the higgledy-piggledy charm of the colorful buildings.

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It's a film about improvisation: the higgledy-piggledy, bruised-and-abraded, hopeful-but-haunted ways we come up with to stumble through life and around our loved ones.

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With its higgledy-piggledy walls and turf roof it looks like the cosy home of a friendly hobbit.

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Then there are the strange, stretched heads, distorted arms and higgledy-piggledy eyes.

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Like it or not, energy resources are distributed around the world higgledy-piggledy.

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And we had a lovely press team with us, all higgledy-piggledy.

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Even the owner had trouble seeing the potential when he bought the higgledy-piggledy property for $2.8-million in 2007.

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There are few green spaces -- a legacy of the sudden higgledy-piggledy industrialisation in a town without much royal presence.

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