man in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for man in the English»Italian Dictionary

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I.man <pl men> [Brit man, Am mæn] N

1. man (adult male):

man
uomo m
middle-aged man
uomo di mezza età
married man
uomo sposato
as one man to another
da uomo a uomo
he's not a man to do
non è uomo or tipo da fare
a blind man
un cieco
an old man
un vecchio
a single man
uno scapolo
a ladies' man
un gran conquistatore
a beer, whisky man
un gran bevitore di birra, whisky
a leg, bum man inf
= uno cui piacciono le belle gambe, i bei sederi
a man of God, the people
un uomo di chiesa, del popolo
a man of iron, steel
un uomo di ferro, d'acciaio
they've arrested the right man
hanno arrestato l'uomo giusto
he's your man
è l'uomo che fa per te
he has worked for the party, man and boy Brit
ha lavorato per il partito fin da ragazzo
man of the match
l'uomo partita
good man! (well done)
bravo!
my good man!
vecchio mio!
my little man (to a child) inf
il mio ometto

III.man [Brit man, Am mæn] INTERJ

IV.man <forma in -ing manning, pt, pp manned> [Brit man, Am mæn] VB trans

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I.man-to-man [Brit ˌmantəˈman] ADJ

delivery man <pl delivery men> [dɪˈlɪvərɪˌmæn] N

yes-man <pl yes-men> [Brit ˈjɛsman, Am ˈjɛs ˌmæn] N inf, pej

gingerbread man <pl gingerbread men> [Brit ˈdʒɪndʒəbrɛd ˌman] N

ideas man <pl ideas men> [aɪˈdɪəzˌmæn] N inf

leading man <pl leading men> [Am ˌlidɪŋ ˈmæn] N

ticktack man <pl ticktack men> [ˈtɪktækmæn] N

removal man <pl removal men> [rɪˈmuːvlˌmən] N

enlisted man <pl enlisted men> [Brit ɪnˈlɪstɪd ˌman, Am ɪnˈlɪstɪd mæn, ɛnˈlɪstɪd mæn] N Am MIL

man in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for man in the English»Italian Dictionary

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II.man <-nn-> [mæn] VB trans (operate)

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man-hour [ˈmæn·aʊ·əɐ] N ECON

man Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

time and tide wait for no man prov
chi ha tempo non aspetti tempo
one man's meat is another man's poison prov
ciò che giova a uno è veleno per un altro
person he is a very domesticated man
è un uomo molto casalingo
to be one's own man/person/woman
pensare con la propria testa
to feel like a new man/woman
sentirsi rinato, -a
to talk (as) man to man
parlare da uomo a uomo
great white shark (white pointer, man-eating shark)
squalo azzurro
I pronounce you man and wife
vi dichiaro marito e moglie
such behavior hardly suits a young man
un comportamento del genere non si addice a giovanotto
a man with a heart of gold
un uomo buono come il pane

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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But one man, drunk on "sake", forgot to throw the strange fish away.
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The whirling camera effects and freaky sound mix overstates the point that our man really is not well.
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The self-inflicted wounds tell of the man's struggle to avoid the unendurable images he has been forced to watch.
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Divorces were frowned upon, no matter what the provocation, and a man who was sued at law, particularly upon his promissory note, was almost disgraced in the public mind.
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He was also known as the peerless conspirator, and a modern historian has called him a man of action without a program.
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And these colors showed up in this earth just the way a wrinkle shows up in the face of a man or woman...
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The young man with his spirit friends sat on the edge of a cliff while the old woman walked out into the thin air.
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Her husband takes revenge by leaving her to romance a talking male horse, whom the man persuades to penetrate her in the rear-end.
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In one narration Muhammad was asked if an uncircumcised man could go to pilgrimage.
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There, a little old man dressed in tight leggings and a thin shirt wearing a cap with a feather approached him.
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