What does botte in Italian mean?
What is the meaning of the word botte in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use botte in Italian.
The word botte in Italian means barrel, cask, barrel, barrel-full, stocky person, horse-drawn carriage, buggy, barrel vault, blow, punch, dent, damage, explosion, come to blows, by beating, have your cake and eat it too, a free for all, on sure ground, free and clear, sitting pretty, appease all sides, be ironclad, to fight, beat the crap out of, good things come in small packages, you can't have your cake and eat it too, to want your cake and eat it too, barrel vault. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word botte
barrel, casksostantivo femminile (recipiente con doghe di legno) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) La cantina di Filippo era piena di botti che salivano fino al soffitto. Filippo's cellar was full of barrels that reached right to the ceiling. |
barrel, barrel-fullsostantivo femminile (contenuto di una botte) (contents) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Alla festa ci siamo bevuti una botte di vino! We drank a barrel-full of wine at the party! |
stocky personsostantivo femminile (figurato, peggiorativo (persona tozza) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Ettore è una botte, non credo che riuscirà a passare da quel buco. Ettore is stocky, I don't think he'll be able to get through that hole. |
horse-drawn carriage, buggysostantivo femminile (popolare (Roma: carrozza pubblica) (Rome) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) I turisti salirono sulla botte e il cocchiere fece partire il cavallo. The tourists got on the buggy and the coachman got the horse to start walking. |
barrel vaultsostantivo femminile (volta a sezione semicircolare) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Nel periodo dell'architettura gotica le botti lasciarono il posto alle volte a crociera. During the Gothic era barrel vaults gave way to cross vaults. |
blow, punchsostantivo femminile (colpo) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Gli ho dato un mucchio di botte. I dealt him a bunch of blows. |
dentsostantivo femminile (traccia dopo impatto) (car) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Pensavo che l'incidente fosse una cosa da niente, ma poi ho notato una botta sulla fiancata sinistra. I thought nothing of the accident, but then noticed a dent on the left side. |
damagesostantivo femminile (figurato (colpo psicologico) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Scoprire che mia moglie mi tradiva è stata una botta. ⓘQuesta frase non è una traduzione della frase inglese. The side effects brought on by the new pills caused a big setback in Jim's treatment. |
explosionsostantivo femminile (scoppio) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Che è successo? Abbiamo sentito una botta dalla camera di Anita. What happened? We heard a bang coming from Anita's room. |
come to blowslocuzione avverbiale (con i verbi prendere o fare (picchiando) I due ragazzi hanno fatto a botte. The two boys came to blows. |
by beating(literal) By dint of beating him, the donkey got up. |
have your cake and eat it too
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a free for all(a physical altercation) |
on sure ground, free and clear, sitting pretty
(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.") |
appease all sides
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be ironclad
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to fight
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beat the crap out of(colloquial, beat [sb] swollen) (expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.") |
good things come in small packages
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you can't have your cake and eat it too(idiom) (expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.") |
to want your cake and eat it too(idiom) |
barrel vault
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