What does roccia in Italian mean?
What is the meaning of the word roccia in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use roccia in Italian.
The word roccia in Italian means rock, stone, cliff, face, rock, climbing, stone fireplace, climbing nail, go rock climbing, mineral wool, composite rock, eruptive rock, intrusive rock, metamorphic rock, sedimentary rock, simple rock, live rock. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word roccia
rock, stonesostantivo femminile (pietra) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) La roccia si è staccata dalla parete ed è rotolata fin sulla carreggiata. The rock came away from the face and rolled all the way down to the road. |
cliff, facesostantivo femminile (alpinismo: parete molto ripida) (mountain climbing) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Solo tre alpinisti sono riusciti a scalare questa roccia molto impegnativa. Only three mountaineers managed to climb this very difficult cliff (or: face). |
rocksostantivo femminile (figurato (persona forte, integra) (figurative) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Mio nonno ne ha passate tante ma è una roccia e non si è mai fatto abbattere. Count on him, he's a rock. |
climbingsostantivo femminile (informale (alpinismo su roccia) Durante le vacanze abbiamo anche fatto roccia sulle Dolomiti. On vacation we did some climbing in the Dolomites. |
stone fireplace
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climbing nail
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go rock climbing
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mineral woolsostantivo femminile (tipo di silicato) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
composite rock
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eruptive rock
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intrusive rock
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metamorphic rock
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sedimentary rock
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simple rock
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live rock
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