What does buco in Italian mean?

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

The word buco in Italian means hole, hole, pit, dump, deficit, gap, fix, puncture, punch holes, punch, get a flat tire, hole in the ozone, hole in the ozone, flop, failure, debacle, ozone hole, black hole, get nowhere, try in vain, the remedy is worse than the disease, get nowhere, achieve nothing, you can't win them all, sliced veal shank, a hole in the water, live in your hovel. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word buco

hole

sostantivo maschile (orifizio, pertugio)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
C'è un buco nel muro da dove sono entrati i ladri.
There's a hole in the wall where the burglars came in.

hole, pit, dump

sostantivo maschile (figurato, peggiorativo (posto piccolo, recesso) (colloquial)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
È proprio un buco di paese.
ⓘQuesta frase non è una traduzione della frase inglese. This place is a pit.

deficit

sostantivo maschile (figurato (denaro mancante) (financial)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Gli amministratori hanno scoperto un buco di diversi milioni nel bilancio societario.
The managers found a deficit of several million in the company's balance sheet.

gap

sostantivo maschile (figurato (lasso di tempo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Nella deposizione c'è un buco di diverse ore.
There's a gap of several hours in the deposition.

fix

sostantivo maschile (gergale (per droga iniettata) (slang)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Hai le braccia piene di buchi, dovresti smettere.
ⓘQuesta frase non è una traduzione della frase inglese. I need a fix or I'm going to get the shakes.

puncture, punch holes

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (forare)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Ai bambini piace bucare i palloncini.
ⓘQuesta frase non è una traduzione della frase inglese. She pierced her ears.

punch

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (perforare) (punch a hole in [sth])

Il bigliettaio bucava i biglietti sui tram.
The conductor on the tram punched the tickets.

get a flat tire

verbo intransitivo (subire una foratura) (US)

Ho bucato sull'autostrada e ho dovuto chiamare il carro attrezzi.
I got a flat tire on the highway and I had to call a tow truck.

hole in the ozone

hole in the ozone

flop, failure, debacle

sostantivo maschile (colloquiale (insuccesso, fallimento)

ozone hole

black hole

(astronomy, also figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
I buchi neri sono legati alla vita delle stelle.

get nowhere

(to accomplish nothing)

try in vain

the remedy is worse than the disease

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

get nowhere, achieve nothing

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (idiomatico, figurato (non concludere nulla)

you can't win them all

(idiomatico (non ottenere il risultato desiderato)

Ha fallito proprio l'ultimo tiro: non tutte le ciambelle riescono col buco.
He missed in the very last round: you can't win them all.

sliced veal shank

(Italian cooking)

a hole in the water

live in your hovel

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