johnny-come-lately in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for johnny-come-lately in the English»Italian Dictionary

johnny-come-lately <pl johnny-come-latelies> [Am ˌdʒɑniˌkəmˈleɪtli] N

johnny-come-lately (newcomer)

nuovo arrivato m

johnny-come-lately (upstart)

arricchito m

johnny-come-lately (upstart)

parvenu m

Translations for johnny-come-lately in the Italian»English Dictionary

I.rifatto [riˈfatto] VB pp

rifatto → rifare

II.rifatto [riˈfatto] ADJ

villano rifatto

upstart, Johnny-come-lately

See also rifare

I.rifare [riˈfare] VB trans v la voce fare .

1. rifare (fare di nuovo):

rifare

to do [sth] again

rifare esercizio, calcolo, lavoro

to redo

rifare letto, vestito, film

to remake

rifare la valigia

to repack one's suitcase

rifare gli stessi errori

to make the same mistakes again

rifare la stessa strada

to go back the same way

rifare un numero di telefono

to redial a phone number

rifarò le tende della tua camera

I'll make some new curtains for your bedroom

si doveva rifare tutto da capo

it all had to be done all over again

2. rifare (cambiare completamente):

voler rifare il mondo, la società

to want to change the world, society

non si può rifare la storia

you can't rewrite history

farsi rifare il naso, il seno

to have a nose job, breast job done

rifare qc da capo a piedi or di sana pianta

to redo sth from head to toe

3. rifare (rinnovare, risistemare):

rifare pavimento, grondaia

to redo

rifare strada

to resurface

rifare i tacchi delle scarpe

to reheel the shoes

4. rifare (imitare):

rifare

to imitate

5. rifare (risarcire):

rifare

to compensate

II.rifarsi VB refl

1. rifarsi (diventare di nuovo):

rifarsi

to become again

si è rifatto rosso in viso

his face has become red again

2. rifarsi (recuperare):

rifarsi del tempo, sonno perduto

to make up for lost time, sleep

3. rifarsi (riferirsi):

rifarsi

to relate a: to

quella parte della metafisica che si rifà alla natura dell'essere

that part of metaphysics which relates to the nature of being

4. rifarsi (rivalersi):

rifarsi su qn

to take it out on sb

rifarsi delle perdite

to recoup one's costs

5. rifarsi (tramite chirurgia plastica) inf:

rifarsi il naso, seno

to have a nose job, breast job

III.rifare [riˈfare]

-rsi gli occhi con qn, qc

to feast one's eyes on sb, sth

-rsi una vita (con un'altra persona)

to start a new life (with sb else)

-rsi la bocca

to rinse one's mouth out

-rsi una verginità

to re-establish one's good reputation

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Yet doubts persist about conservatism's johnny-come-lately.

www.chroniclejournal.com

You may regard my johnny-come-lately interest as worthless because it's so unsophisticated, and you may consider the possibility of welcoming it to be a sell-out of your principals.

reason.com

Just a couple of years of subpar production might be enough to chase these new johnny-come-lately farmers away, leaving abandoned land and a decreased demand for fertilizer.

www.fool.ca