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lampo
in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary
I. lightning [Brit ˈlʌɪtnɪŋ, Am ˈlaɪtnɪŋ] N
1. lightning U (in sky):
lightning
lampo m
lightning
bagliore m
a flash or stroke of lightning
un lampo
2. lightning (striking sth):
lightning
fulmine m
struck by lightning
colpito da un fulmine
lightning struck the tree
il fulmine è caduto su un albero
II. lightning [Brit ˈlʌɪtnɪŋ, Am ˈlaɪtnɪŋ] ADJ
lightning raid, visit:
lightning
lampo
III. lightning [Brit ˈlʌɪtnɪŋ, Am ˈlaɪtnɪŋ]
as fast or quick as lightning
veloce come un fulmine
lightning never strikes twice (in the same place)
la storia non si ripete
like a flash of lightning
come un fulmine
like greased lightning or like a streak of lightning
come un lampo
lightning conductor [Brit], lightning rod [ˈlaɪtnɪŋˌrɒd] N
lightning conductor
parafulmine m
lightning strike [Brit] N
lightning strike
= sciopero deciso improvvisamente e senza preavviso
lightning bug [Brit, Am ˈlaɪtnɪŋ ˌbəɡ] N Am
lightning bug
lucciola f
forked lightning [Brit ˌfɔːkt ˈlʌɪtnɪŋ, Am fɔrkt ˈlaɪtnɪŋ] N U
forked lightning
= fulmine biforcato o a zigzag
heat lightning [ˈhiːtˌlaɪtnɪŋ] N U
heat lightning
lampi mpl di calore
ball lightning [Am bɔl ˈlaɪtnɪŋ] N
ball lightning
fulmine m globulare
chain-lightning [ˈtʃeɪnˌlaɪtnɪŋ] N
chain-lightning
saetta f
globe lightning [ˈɡləʊbˌlaɪtnɪŋ] N
globe lightning
fulmine m globulare
sheet lightning [Brit, Am ʃit ˈlaɪtnɪŋ] N
sheet lightning
bagliore m di fulmini (tra le nubi)
in the PONS Dictionary
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Italian
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lightning [ˈlaɪt·nɪŋ] N
lightning
lampo m
a bolt of lightning
un lampo
thunder and lightning
tuoni e fulmuni
quick as lightning
come un fulmine
lightning rod N
lightning rod
parafulmine m
lightning bug N
lightning bug
lucciola f
sheet lightning N
sheet lightning
bagliore m di lampi
Italian
Italian
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English
lampo
lightning
visita lampo
lightning visit
saetta
lightning
come una saetta
like lightning
è una saetta
to be like lightning
parafulmine
lightning conductor
fulmineo (-a) (riflessi)
lightning
baleno
flash of lightning
fulmine
lightning
come un fulmine
like greased lightning
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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)
a streak of lightning
un fulmine m
like a streak of lightning
come un fulmine
to be struck by lightning
essere colpito da un fulmine
quick as lightning
(veloce) come un fulmine
a bolt of lightning
un lampo
Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)
Its roof was damaged by a lightning strike in 1840 that tore a large hole in it.
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It started from a lightning strike during a thunderstorm.
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The building suffered a string of misfortune, culminating with it burning following a lightning strike c. 1835.
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The cause was determined to be the adverse weather the aircraft encountered, specifically the lightning strike.
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Only the head survived destruction in the fire caused by a lightning strike in 1411.
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