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in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

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Italian
English
English

I. come [ˈkome] ADV

1. come (nelle interrogative):

come
how
come si scrive?
how do you spell it?
come ci sei riuscito?
how did you manage?
come stai?
how are you?
come va (la vita)?
how are things (going)? how's it going? how's life?
come si fa?
how do I do it?
come ci si sente a essere papà?
how does it feel or what does it feel like to be a dad?
come sei messo a soldi?
how are you situated for money? how's your money situation?
come ti chiami?
what's your name?
come si chiama, dice questo in inglese?
what's this called in English? what's the English for this? how do you say this in English?
sapere come fare
to know how to do
non so come tu faccia a sopportarlo
I don't know how you put up with him
non riesco a capire come possa farcela
it's beyond me how she manages
fammi vedere come
show me how

2. come (per chiedere una descrizione):

com'è John?
what is John like?
com'era il tempo?
what was the weather like?
com'è la casa?
what does the house look like?

3. come (per fare ripetere):

come?
excuse me? pardon? sorry?
come hai detto?
what did you say?
Laura come?
Laura what?

4. come (per esprimere indignazione, sorpresa):

(ma) come!
what!
come osi!
how dare you!
come è possibile or come può essere che …?
how does or can it happen that …?
come no!
of course! sure! I'll bet! iron

5. come inf:

come mai, com'è che
how come
come mai, com'è che
how so
come mai riesci sempre ad arrivare per primo?
how come you always manage to arrive first?
com'è che hai perso?
how come you lost?

6. come (nelle esclamative):

come sei perspicace!
how perceptive of you!
come sei cresciuto!
haven't you grown! how you've grown!
come mi sono sbagliato!
how wrong I was!
come ha potuto trattarmi così male!
how could he treat me so badly! that she should treat me so badly!
come ci siamo divertiti!
what a great time we had!

7. come (simile a, similmente a):

come la maggior parte delle persone
like most people
diventò medico come sua madre
she became a doctor, like her mother before her
come un matto
like hell, like mad
in una situazione come questa
in such a situation
aspettavo proprio un'occasione come questa
I've been waiting for just such an opportunity
un cappello come quello (là)
a hat like that one
vorrei un cappotto come il tuo
I'd like a coat like yours

8. come (nel modo in cui, allo stesso modo di):

come
as
fai come me
do as I do
ha fatto come gli ho detto
he did it the way I told him
l'abbiamo fatto come te
we did it the same way as you
è morto come ha vissuto
as he lived, so did he die
(fai) come vuoi, come preferisci
do as you like, have it your (own) way
come avevamo deciso
as we had agreed
gli piace leggere, come a me
he likes reading as I do
come sempre
as ever, the same as always
come al solito
as usual
come detto sopra
as stated above
come d'accordo
as agreed
come richiesto
as requested
come segue
as follows
come ho detto prima
as I said earlier

9. come (il modo in cui):

ecco come è successo
it happened like this, this is what happened
da come vanno le cose…
the way things are going…
dipende da come si mettono le cose
it depends on how things turn out
bada a come parli!
mind your language! watch your tongue!
per come la vedo io
as I see it

10. come (in paragoni):

come
as…as
liscio come la seta
as smooth as silk
nero come il carbone
as black as coal
è intelligente come te
he is as intelligent as you
non è intelligente come te
he is not as or so intelligent as you
non riesce più a camminare così velocemente come faceva un tempo
she can't walk as fast as she used to
non magro, alto come Henry
not so thin, tall as Henry
non è un padre severo come il tuo
he's not so stern a father as yours
come ieri
the same as yesterday
il suo udito non è buono come dovrebbe essere
his hearing is not as good as it should be
gli ho parlato proprio come ora parlo a te
I spoke to him just like I'm speaking to you now
trattare qn come un bambino
to treat sb like a child
è più difficile di come pensavo
it's more difficult than I thought
ci è voluto meno tempo di come pensassimo
it took less time than we expected

11. come (quanto):

come
both…and
come
as well as
di giorno come di notte
by day as well as by night
tanto qui come all'estero
both here and abroad

12. come (quale):

come
such as
come
like
in un paese come l'Austria
in a country like Austria
città come Manchester e Birmingham
such cities as or cities such as Manchester and Birmingham

13. come (in qualità di, con la funzione di):

come
as
lavorare come insegnante, ingegnere
to work as a teacher, an engineer
cosa pensi di lui come attore?
how do you rate him as an actor?
parlando come suo migliore amico, io…
speaking as his closest friend, I…
mi piace come persona, ma non come artista
I like her as a person, but not as an artist
presentarsi come candidato
to stand as a candidate
come esempio di
as an instance or example of
ce lo hanno dato come regalo
they gave it to us as a gift
cosa c'è come dessert?
what's for dessert?

14. come (in proposizioni incidentali):

come ben sai
as you know full well, as you well know
come potete vedere
as you can see
come dice Platone
as Plato says

15. come (nello spelling):

T come Tom
T for Tom

16. come (per così dire) inf:

ha avuto come un mancamento
she sort of fainted
ha avuto come un mancamento
she had a kind of fainting fit
mi sentivo, come dire, imbarazzato
I felt kind of embarrassed
mi fa pensare un po' a, come dire, un ospedale
it reminds me a bit of a hospital, like

17. come (intensivo):

avaro com'è, non ti darà nulla
he's so mean, he won't give you anything
magra com'è
she's so thin

18. come MATH:

due sta a quattro come quattro sta a otto
two is to four as four is to eight

19. come:

come da
as per
come da istruzioni
as requested, as per your instructions
come da programma
according to schedule

II. come [ˈkome] CONJ

1. come (quasi):

rispettala come fosse tua madre
respect her as though she were your mother
mi guardò come per dire “te l'avevo detto”
he looked at me as if to say “I told you so”
ha fatto un gesto come per proteggersi
she moved as if to protect herself

2. come:

come se
as if
si comporta come se fosse a casa sua
he acts like he owns the place
come se me ne importasse qualcosa!
as if I cared!
mi sento stanco come se non avessi chiuso occhio
I feel as if or as though I haven't slept a wink
si sono comportati come se niente fosse
they behaved as if nothing had happened

3. come (non appena):

come
as
come
as soon as
come si è fatto buio sono tornato a casa
as it went dark I came back home
come le parole le furono uscite di bocca…
as soon as the words left her lips…
come giro le spalle
as soon as my back is turned

4. come (man mano che):

come arrivavamo, ci indicavano il nostro posto
as we arrived, we were shown our seats

5. come (che):

come
how
come
that
mi ha detto come l'ha trovato sull'autobus
he told me how he had found it on the bus

III. come [ˈkome] N m

il come e il perché di qc
the how and the why of sth

IV. come [ˈkome]

come non detto
forget it, never mind
come minimo
at the very least
come niente
= very easily
English
English
Italian
Italian
prepositionally
come preposizione
to be in pristine condition
essere come nuovo
“in pristine condition”
“come nuovo”
snacky
adatto come spuntino
snacky foods
cibi adatti come spuntino
nightmarishly
come in un incubo
English as a Foreign Language
inglese m come lingua straniera
visional
come una visione
as wise as Solomon
saggio come Salomone
stone deaf
sordo come una campana
coal-black
nero come il carbone

in the PONS Dictionary

Italian
Italian
English
English

I. come [ˈko:·me] ADV

1. come (nei paragoni):

come
as
intelligenti come noi
as intelligent as us
ridere come una matta
to split one's sides laughing
un uomo buono come il pane
a man with a heart of gold

2. come (interrogativo):

come
how?
come stai?
how are you?
come mai?
how come?
come no?
of course!
come hai detto?
what did you say?

3. come (esclamativo):

come
how!
come è cara!
how kind she is!
ma come!
what!

4. come (correlativo):

ora come ora
right now
come viene viene inf
any old how inf

5. come (in qualità di):

come
as
lavora come giornalista
he works as a reporter

II. come [ˈko:·me] CONJ

1. come (dichiarativo):

come
how
guarda come li hai ridotti
look what you've done to them

2. come (modale):

come
as
si comporta come se non sapesse nulla
he acts as if he knew nothing

3. come (temporale):

come
as soon as
come mi ha visto, se n'è andata
as soon as she saw me, she left

4. come (comparativo):

come
as … as
non sei buono come pensavo
you're not as good as I thought

III. come <-> [ˈko:·me] N m

come
how
raccontami il come e il perché
tell me the whys and wherefores
configurarsi come qc
to look like being sth
K come Kursaal
K for kilo
J come jersey
J for Juliet
R come Roma
r for Roger
English
English
Italian
Italian
freelance
come freelance
freelance
lavorare come freelance
ESL
inglese m come seconda lingua
job shadowing
seguire come un'ombra
to characterize sth/sb as sth
descrivere qc/qu come qc
targeted
scelto, -a come obiettivo

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si comporta come se non sapesse nulla
he acts as if he knew nothing
come mi ha visto, se n'è andata
as soon as she saw me, she left
to have a reading age of seven
leggere come un bambino di sette anni
to be worlds apart
essere come la notte e il giorno
to be tough as old boots meat
essere duro come una suola di scarpa

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