What does figlio in Italian mean?

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

The word figlio in Italian means son, daughter, child, children, subsidiary, child, dear one, daughter, honey, sweetie, duplicate, give birth, expecting a child, from father to son, disown a child, child of artists, born into art, flower child, hippie, hippy, milk-child, rich kid, daddy's boy, son of a bitch, natural child, only child, father, son, and holy ghost, like father like son, like mother like daughter, like father like son. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word figlio

son, daughter

(discendente diretto maschio o femmina)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Abbiamo un figlio e una figlia.
We have a son and a daughter.

child, children

sostantivo maschile (generico: discendente diretto)

I nostri amici sono arrivati coi loro due figli, Simona e Luigi.
Our friends arrived with their two children, Simona and Luigi.

subsidiary

aggettivo (derivato, dipendente)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
La società figlia ha sede in Lussemburgo.
The subsidiary company is based in Luxemburg.

child

(figurato (frutto, derivazione) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La guerra è figlia dell'odio.
War is the child of hate.

dear one

(bambino, ragazzo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Figlio mio, datti una mossa!
My dear one, get a move on!

daughter

sostantivo femminile (di genitori (prole femminile)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Lei è Clara, mia figlia.
She is Clara, my daughter.

honey, sweetie

sostantivo femminile (bambina, ragazza)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Figlia mia che ci vuoi fare, la vita è dura.
Honey, what do you want to do, life is hard.

duplicate

sostantivo femminile (raro (ricevuta, tagliando)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
I registri con fogli a madre e figlia sono venduti da cartolerie specializzate.
Duplicate books are sold in specialized stationery shops.

give birth

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (partorire) (relating to animals, generic)

La nostra gatta ha appena figliato.

expecting a child

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (essere incinta)

from father to son

disown a child

child of artists, born into art

flower child, hippie, hippy

sostantivo maschile (storico (hippie)

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

milk-child

(milk-kinship)

rich kid

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Questa è una scuola per figli di papà.

daddy's boy

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Togliti quell'atteggiamento da figlio di papà prima che qualcuno passi alle vie di fatto.

son of a bitch

(offensive)

natural child

only child

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La politica del figlio unico in Cina è stata parzialmente abolita negli ultimi anni.
China's only child policy has been partly abolished in the last years.

father, son, and holy ghost

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

like father like son, like mother like daughter

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

like father like son

(idiomatico (stesso carattere, comportamento) (idiom)

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