What does camicia in Italian mean?

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

The word camicia in Italian means shirt, button down shirt, jacket, sleeve, layer, checkered shirt, checked shirt, check shirt, nightgown, shirt, men's shirt, straitjacket, Blackshirt, member of Italy's Voluntary Militia for National Security, fascist, red shirt, hand and glove, be born with a silver spoon, be tight like thieves with, stake everything, poached, in shirtsleeves, be born with a silver spoon in your mouth, lose your shirt doing, poached eggs, poached egg. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word camicia

shirt, button down shirt

sostantivo femminile (indumento) (clothing)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Mio marito indossa una camicia al giorno.
My husband wears a clean shirt each day.

jacket, sleeve

sostantivo femminile (rivestimento di apparecchiature) (tech)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Per proteggere il macchinario dalle intemperie dovremo procurare una camicia di rivestimento.
We need to get a covering sleeve to protect the machine from the weather.

layer

sostantivo femminile (rivestimento murale)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Gli operai hanno steso una camicia di calce e l'hanno fatta asciugare.
The workers applied a layer of lime and waited for it to set.

checkered shirt

checked shirt, check shirt

(UK)

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

nightgown

sostantivo femminile (indumento)

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

shirt, men's shirt

sostantivo femminile (abbigliamento maschile)

straitjacket

sostantivo femminile (indumento) (garment)

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

Blackshirt, member of Italy's Voluntary Militia for National Security, fascist

(end of WWI through end of WWII fascist paramilitary groups)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
I giovani sfilavano orgogliosamente con le loro camice nere il sabato mattina.

red shirt

hand and glove

(figurative)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
Quei due sono culo e camicia: sempre insieme.
Those two are like hand and glove, they're always together.

be born with a silver spoon

be tight like thieves with

stake everything

poached

locuzione aggettivale (uova: tipo di cottura) (egg)

in shirtsleeves

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")

be born with a silver spoon in your mouth

(figurato (avere fortuna) (figurative)

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

lose your shirt doing

poached eggs

sostantivo plurale femminile (ricetta)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Carlo è bravo a preparare le uova in camicia.

poached egg

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