pleasantries in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for pleasantries in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.pleasantry [Brit ˈplɛz(ə)ntri, Am ˈplɛzntri] N form (joke)

pleasantry

facezia f

pleasantry

arguzia f

pleasantry

scherzo m

II.pleasantries N

pleasantries npl (polite remarks):

pleasantries

complimenti m

to exchange pleasantries

scambiarsi dei complimenti

Translations for pleasantries in the Italian»English Dictionary

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piacevolezza

pleasantry

amenità

pleasantry

arguzia

pleasantry form

si è profuso in convenevoli

he was effusive in pleasantries

scambiarsi convenevoli

to make polite conversation, to exchange pleasantries

scambiarsi gentilezze

to exchange pleasantries

pleasantries in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for pleasantries in the English»Italian Dictionary

pleasantry <-ies> [ˈple·zən·tri] N

1. pleasantry (joke):

pleasantry

battuta (scherzosa) f

2. pleasantry pl (remarks):

pleasantry

convenevoli m pl

an exchange of pleasantries

uno scambio di convenevoli

Translations for pleasantries in the Italian»English Dictionary

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convenevoli

pleasantries pl

pleasantries Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

an exchange of pleasantries

uno scambio di convenevoli

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Most people can only talk pleasantries with the justices, who all develop a froideur an air of aloofness.

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Her guiltless brand of selfish hedonism burns through the sluggish pleasantries of staff-room life like caustic soda in a blocked drain.

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Brash, aggressive, charmless and frequently menacing, he evinced little to none of the pleasantries such occasions usually engender.

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There's very little messing around: no joking, chitchat or pleasantries.

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