What does cancello in Italian mean?

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

The word cancello in Italian means gate, toll booth, fence, hurdle, delete, erase, rub out, cancel, vanish, delete, erase, block out. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word cancello

gate

sostantivo maschile (portone)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il cancello era aperto e i ladri sono entrati indisturbati.
The gate was open and the burglars entered undisturbed.

toll booth

sostantivo maschile (non comune (casello autostradale) (travel)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Incanalati al primo cancello dove si paga con la carta di credito e vedrai che la fila scorre più veloce.
Drive into the first tool booth, where you pay by credit card, and you'll see that it will be quicker.

fence, hurdle

sostantivo maschile (sport: ostacolo a staccionata) (sports)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Gli addetti stanno posizionando i cancelli per il salto a ostacoli di domani mattina.
The officials are positioning the hurdles for tomorrow morning's hurdling race.

delete, erase, rub out

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (eliminare)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Mi passi la gomma? Devo cancellare una riga dal disegno.
A teacher crosses out mistakes on a test.

cancel

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (annullare)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Il volo è stato cancellato.
The flight has been cancelled.

vanish

verbo riflessivo o intransitivo pronominale (scomparire, essere eliminato)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Con il continuo sfregamento le scritte si sono cancellate.
With repeated rubbing, the words are cancelled out.

delete, erase

verbo riflessivo o intransitivo pronominale (dalla memoria) (figurative)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Con l'incidente gli si sono cancellati tutti i ricordi dell'infanzia.
All of his childhood memories were erased after the accident.

block out

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (figurato (rimuovere)

Voglio cancellare la mia triste infanzia.
ⓘQuesta frase non è una traduzione della frase inglese. I just want to wipe the slate clean and start over.

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