propelling pencil in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for propelling pencil in the English»Italian Dictionary

propelling pencil [Brit] N Brit

propelling pencil

portamine m

Translations for propelling pencil in the Italian»English Dictionary

portamine

propelling pencil Brit

portamina

propelling pencil Brit

matita automatica

propelling pencil Brit

Translations for propelling pencil in the English»Italian Dictionary

propel <forma in -ing propelling, pt, pp propelled> [Brit prəˈpɛl, Am prəˈpɛl] VB trans

1. propel (power):

propel vehicle, ship

azionare

2. propel:

propel (push) person

spingere

propel (more violently) person

sparare

to propel sb into power, into the limelight

portare qn al potere, alla ribalta

I.pencil [Brit ˈpɛns(ə)l, ˈpɛnsɪl, Am ˈpɛnsəl] N

pencil

matita f

in pencil

a matita

pencil drawing

disegno a matita

a pencil of light fig

un filo or uno spiraglio di luce

II.pencil <forma in -ing ecc. pencilling, pencilled Brit penciling, penciled Am> [Brit ˈpɛns(ə)l, ˈpɛnsɪl, Am ˈpɛnsəl] VB trans

pencil note:

pencil

scrivere a matita

propelling pencil in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for propelling pencil in the English»Italian Dictionary

propel <-ll-> [prə·ˈpel] VB trans

propel

spingere

I.pencil [ˈpen·tsəl] N

pencil

matita f

colored pencil

matita colorata

a pencil of light

un fascio di luce

II.pencil <-l- [or -ll-], -l- [or -ll-]> [ˈpen·tsəl] VB trans

pencil

scrivere a matita

pencil

disegnare a matita

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

His body is no thicker than a propelling pencil, his legs no thicker than runner beans.

en.wikipedia.org

I don't know about you, but, these days, such things are sold as consumables, to plug in to a socket at the end of a fancy propelling pencil system.

patentlyo.com