What does braccia in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word braccia in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use braccia in Italian.

The word braccia in Italian means arm, labor, branch, department, arm, branch, strip, arm, arm's length, ad-lib, play it by ear, have in your arms, carry underarm, military wing, death row, right arm, right-hand man, arm wrestling, Popeye, strait, neck of land, isthmus, mechanical arm, operating arm, operational arm, secular arm, give sbd your arm, succumb to, be sbd's right-hand man, secular arm, in the arms of sbd, speak off the cuff, steal the show, pick up, hold, hold in your arms, take by the arm, link by the arm, hold, hold in your arms, to hold 's arm. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word braccia

arm

sostantivo maschile (arto del corpo) (anatomy)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Luca si è rotto un braccio cadendo dalla moto.
Luca broke an arm when he fell off his motorbike.

labor

sostantivo plurale femminile (figurato (forza lavoro, manodopera) (US)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Un tempo si davano alla luce molti figli perché c'era bisogno di braccia nei campi.
Once upon a time people used to have many children as extra hands were needed to work the land.

branch, department

sostantivo maschile (figurato (organo esecutivo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'IRA è il braccio armato del Sinn Fein.
ⓘQuesta frase non è una traduzione della frase inglese. They can't escape the long arm of the law.

arm

sostantivo maschile (prolungamento di un congegno) (machinery, figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il braccio di questa gru è lungo 10 metri.
ⓘQuesta frase non è una traduzione della frase inglese. The machine arm got jammed.

branch, strip

sostantivo maschile (figurato (ramo di terra, di fiume) (figurative, river)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Un braccio del fiume è stato deviato per irrigare delle piantagioni.
A river branch was deviated so as to irrigate some plantations.

arm

sostantivo maschile (grandezza fisica di una forza) (physics)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Una coppia è il risultato di una forza per il suo braccio.
Torque is given by force times its lever arm.

arm's length

sostantivo maschile (non comune (unità di lunghezza) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Questa corda misura due braccia.
This rope measures two arms' lengths.

ad-lib, play it by ear

locuzione avverbiale (improvvisando, senza preparazione)

Laura ha parlato a braccio e, tutto sommato, se l'è cavata.
Laura ad-libbed her speech, and, all in all, she got by well.

have in your arms

carry underarm

military wing

(figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Quelle leggi su misura sono il suo braccio armato contro le persecuzioni giudiziarie.

death row

sostantivo maschile (figurato (area di prigione)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

right arm

sostantivo maschile (arto)

Franco ha una vistosa cicatrice al braccio destro.

right-hand man

sostantivo maschile (figurato (alleato, complice)

Carlo è il braccio destro del nostro direttore generale.

arm wrestling

sostantivo maschile (sport)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Paolo è un campione di braccio di ferro.

Popeye

sostantivo maschile (personaggio dei cartoni animati)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

strait

(a body of water)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

neck of land, isthmus

mechanical arm

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il braccio meccanico riusciva a effettuare tagli di enorme precisione.

operating arm, operational arm

(figurative, of a business or governing body)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Quella sezione è il nostro braccio operativo.

secular arm

(figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

give sbd your arm

succumb to

be sbd's right-hand man

secular arm

in the arms of sbd

locuzione avverbiale (sulle braccia)

Hold him in your arms.

speak off the cuff

(improvise a speech)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

steal the show

pick up, hold, hold in your arms

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

take by the arm, link by the arm

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

hold, hold in your arms

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

to hold 's arm

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