What does sasso in Italian mean?

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

The word sasso in Italian means stone, rock, crag, cliff, rock face, stone, sleep like a log, to play innocent, make ripples on the water, throw stones into a still pond, be stunned, be stunned, be flabbergasted, to throw the rock and hide one's hand. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word sasso

stone, rock

sostantivo maschile (pietra)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Per arrivare al bungalow c'è un sentiero di sassi poco agevole con il passeggino.
There's a stone path which leads to the bungalow but it's not really accessible with the pushchair.

crag, cliff, rock face

sostantivo maschile (parete rocciosa)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Nessuno è ancora riuscito a scalare questo sasso.
Nobody has ever managed to climb this cliff (or rock face).

stone

sostantivo maschile (figurato (insensibile, immobile) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La notizia mi ha fatta rimanere di sasso.
ⓘQuesta frase non è una traduzione della frase inglese. Upon hearing they'd lost, she turned to stone.

sleep like a log

to play innocent

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (peggiorativo (provocare senza esporsi) (idiom)

Mi infastidiscono quelli che lanciano il sasso e nascondono la mano.
I'm annoyed by people who play innocent.

make ripples on the water

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

throw stones into a still pond

be stunned

be stunned, be flabbergasted

to throw the rock and hide one's hand

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