What does pazienza in Italian mean?

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

The word pazienza in Italian means patience, perseverance, steadfastness, oh well, scapular, So be it!, be patient, be patient, make sbd lose their patience, test someone's patience, make sbd lose their patience, patience is a virtue, a great deal of patience, lose patience, be patient. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word pazienza

patience

sostantivo femminile (sopportazione di contrarietà)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La pazienza con cui affronta le avversità è ammirevole.
The patience with which he faces hardships is admirable.

perseverance, steadfastness

sostantivo femminile (perseveranza meticolosa)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ci vuole una pazienza enorme per costruire le barche dentro alle bottiglie.
It takes a lot of perseverance to build a ship in a bottle.

oh well

interiezione (espressione di rassegnazione)

(interjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!")
Pazienza! Ne compreremo un altro.
Oh well! We'll buy another one.

scapular

sostantivo femminile (sopravveste ecclesiastica) (clergy clothing)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Era un piacere per me occuparmi di rammendare la pazienza del vescovo.
It was a pleasure for me to be entrusted with sewing the bishop's scapular.

So be it!

be patient

verbo riflessivo o intransitivo pronominale (pazienza in vista di [qlcs] di gravoso)

Ci siamo armati di pazienza e abbiamo ripulito tutto lo scantinato.
We were patient and cleaned up the entire cellar.

be patient

make sbd lose their patience

test someone's patience

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

make sbd lose their patience

patience is a virtue

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

a great deal of patience

lose patience

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (idiomatico (spazientirsi)

be patient

Porta pazienza con lui: è un brontolone.
Be patient with him: he is a grump.

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