sight unseen in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for sight unseen in the English»Italian Dictionary

sight unseen [Am saɪt ˌənˈsin] ADV COMM

sight unseen buy

senza prendere visione

Translations for sight unseen in the Italian»English Dictionary

comprare a scatola chiusa

to buy sight unseen

Translations for sight unseen in the English»Italian Dictionary

I.unseen [Brit ʌnˈsiːn, Am ˌənˈsin] N Brit SCHOOL

unseen

traduzione f a prima vista

an Italian unseen

una traduzione all'impronta dall'italiano

II.unseen [Brit ʌnˈsiːn, Am ˌənˈsin] ADJ

1. unseen figure, orchestra, assistant, hands:

unseen

invisibile, nascosto

2. unseen SCHOOL:

unseen translation

all'impronta, a prima vista

III.unseen [Brit ʌnˈsiːn, Am ˌənˈsin] ADV

unseen escape, slip away:

unseen

senza essere visto, inosservato

I.sight [Brit sʌɪt, Am saɪt] N

1. sight (faculty):

sight

vista f

to have good, poor sight

avere, non avere la vista buona

her sight is failing

sta perdendo la vista

2. sight (act of seeing):

sight

vista f

at first sight

a prima vista

at the sight of blood, uniform, luxury, injustice

alla vista di

at the sight of her

vedendola

she felt misgivings at the sight

vedendolo le venne un dubbio

this was my first sight of

era la prima volta che vedevo

to have sight of LAW correspondence, will, document

prendere visione di

to catch sight of sb, sth

scorgere qn, qc

to lose sight of sb, sth

perdere di vista qn, qc also fig

we mustn't lose sight of the fact that fig

non dobbiamo dimenticare che

to know sb by sight

conoscere qn di vista

to shoot sb on sight

sparare a qn a vista

I took a dislike to him on sight

mi è stato antipatico non appena l'ho visto

I can't stand the sight of him!

non posso proprio vederlo!

3. sight (range of vision):

to be in sight town, land, border, peace, victory, freedom, new era:

essere in vista

the end, our goal is in sight!

la fine, la nostra meta è vicina!

there's no solution in sight

non si è ancora vicini a una soluzione

the war goes on with no end in sight

la guerra continua senza vederne la fine

there wasn't a soldier, boat in sight

non c'era un soldato, un'imbarcazione in vista

in the sight of God form

al cospetto di Dio

to come into sight

presentarsi alla vista or apparire

to be out of sight (hidden)

essere nascosto

to be out of sight (having moved)

non essere più in vista

to do sth out of sight of observer, guard

fare qc di nascosto da

to keep or stay out of sight

rimanere nascosto

to keep sb, sth out of sight

tenere nascosto qn, qc

don't let her out of your sight!

non perdetela di vista!

4. sight (thing seen):

sight

spettacolo m

a familiar, sorry sight

uno spettacolo familiare, triste

a sight to behold

uno spettacolo per gli occhi

it was not a pretty sight! iron

non era un bello spettacolo!

5. sight (a shock to see):

sight (place)

casino m

(person) you're a sight!

guarda come ti sei ridotto!

(person) I look such a sight

ho un aspetto terribile

(person) she looked a sight in that hat

con quel cappello è proprio ridicola

II.sights N npl

1. sights (places worth seeing):

sights

luoghi m di interesse turistico (of di)

to see the sights

visitare

to show sb the sights

fare fare un giro turistico a qn

the sights and sounds of a place

l'atmosfera di un luogo

2. sights (on rifle, telescope):

sights

mirino m

3. sights fig:

to have sb, sth in one's sights

tenere qn, qc nel mirino

to set one's sights on sth

mirare a or su qc

to set one's sights too high

puntare troppo in alto

to raise, lower one's sights

puntare più in alto, più in basso

to have one's sights firmly fixed on sth

puntare tutto su qc

III.sight [Brit sʌɪt, Am saɪt] VB trans

sight land, plane, ship, rare bird:

sight

avvistare, scorgere

to sight a gun (aiming)

prendere la mira col fucile

to sight a gun (adjusting)

aggiustare la mira del fucile

IV.sight [Brit sʌɪt, Am saɪt]

a damned sight better, harder, a jolly sight better, harder Brit

molto meglio, molto più difficile

out of sight, out of mind prov

lontano dagli occhi, lontano dal cuore

out of sight! inf

favoloso, fantastico!

sight unseen in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for sight unseen in the English»Italian Dictionary

sight unseen

a scatola chiusa

sight unseen

senza aver visto

I never buy anything sight unseen

non compro mai niente senza prima averlo visto

Translations for sight unseen in the English»Italian Dictionary

unseen [ʌn·ˈsi:n] ADJ

unseen

non visto, -a

sight unseen

a scatola chiusa

I.sight [saɪt] N

1. sight (view, faculty):

sight

vista f

to be out of (one's) sight

essere nascosto alla (propria) vista

to come into sight

apparire

to catch sight of sth

scorgere qc

to hate the sight of sth/sb

non poter vedere qc/qu

to know sb by sight

conoscere qu di vista

to lose sight of sth a. fig

perdere qc di vista

at first sight

a prima vista

within sight of sth

in un punto da cui si può vedere qc

I can't bear the sight of him!

non lo posso vedere!

get out of my sight! inf

togliti dai piedi!

at the sight of …

alla vista di …

2. sight pl (attractions):

sight

luoghi m pl di interesse (turistico)

3. sight on gun:

sight

mirino m

to line up the sights

prendere la mira

to lower one's sights fig

moderare le proprie ambizioni

to set one's sights on sth fig

mirare a qc

Phrases:

to be a sight for sore eyes inf

essere un piacere per gli occhi

out of sight, out of mind prov

lontano dagli occhi, lontano dal cuore prov

sight unseen

senza aver visto

I never buy anything sight unseen

non compro mai niente senza prima averlo visto

out of sight! inf

fantastico!

II.sight [saɪt] VB trans

sight

vedere

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He went on to sell this land, sight unseen to unknowing non-residents.

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Various land patents were bought sight unseen by speculators who were lured by dreams of profit taking.

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It got to the point where you had to ring up, ask for the vacancies, and then take the apartment sight unseen.

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