What does tappo in Italian mean?

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

The word tappo in Italian means top, cap, shorty, runt, shrimp, blockage, plug, cork, shut yourself up [in ], tastes of cork, smells of cork, taste corked, crown cork, crown seal, crown cap, screw top, bathtub plug, bath plug, cork stopper, cork, measuring cap, bottle cap, container cap. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word tappo

top, cap

sostantivo maschile (recipiente: chiusura)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Metti il tappo sulla bottiglia prima di riporla in frigo.
Put the cap on the bottle before putting it back in the fridge.

shorty, runt, shrimp

sostantivo maschile (figurato, offensivo (persona bassa) (pejorative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Claudio è piuttosto alto, ma suo fratello è davvero un tappo.
Claudio is quite tall, but his brother is a right shorty.

blockage

sostantivo maschile (ostruzione)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'idraulico ha rimosso il tappo nel sifone dello scarico con un'idropulitrice ad alta pressione.
The plumber removed the drain pipe blockage with a high pressure water cleaner.

plug, cork

verbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (fuoriuscita: bloccare)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Devi tappare il lavabo o l'acqua scorrerà giù per il tubo.

shut yourself up [in ]

verbo riflessivo o intransitivo pronominale (figurato, colloquiale (rintanarsi, isolarsi)

Ogni volta che è depresso, Tiziano si tappa in casa.

tastes of cork, smells of cork

(cork from a bottle)

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

taste corked

crown cork, crown seal, crown cap

(type of bottle cap)

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

screw top

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Mi passi un tappo a vite per la bottiglia di birra.

bathtub plug, bath plug

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

cork stopper, cork

sostantivo maschile (per bottiglie)

measuring cap

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

bottle cap, container cap

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

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