What does pancia in Italian mean?

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

The word pancia in Italian means abdomen, stomach, belly, paunch, gut, baby bump, flank, bulge, scratch your belly, stomach ache, gain belly weight, put on belly fat, body to the ground, face down, rich man's paunch, stomach in chest out, fill your belly, have a gut feeling, have a gut instinct, be idle, to have a belly laugh. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word pancia

abdomen, stomach

sostantivo femminile (addome, ventre)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Aveva un dolore molto forte alla pancia.
She had a really bad stomach ache.

belly, paunch, gut

sostantivo femminile (ventre gonfio o grasso)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
A forza di bere birra mi è venuta la pancia.
I got a pot belly from drinking so much beer.

baby bump

sostantivo femminile (informale (donna incinta: pancione) (informal)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Hai visto che Maria ha la pancia?
Have you seen that Maria has a baby bump?

flank

sostantivo femminile (taglio di carne) (meat)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Vai dal macellaio e compra un po' di pancia.
Go to the butcher's and buy some flank.

bulge

sostantivo femminile (figurato (rigonfiamento)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le dimensioni della pancia del trombone è importante per l'acustica.
The size of the trombone bulge is very important for acoustics.

scratch your belly

stomach ache

sostantivo maschile (disturbo fisico)

gain belly weight

put on belly fat

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

body to the ground, face down

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

rich man's paunch

sostantivo femminile (idiomatico (pancia grossa)

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

stomach in chest out

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

fill your belly

have a gut feeling, have a gut instinct

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

be idle

to have a belly laugh

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