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Italian to English Poetry & Literature Translation Glossary

Italian term English translation
paralizzato da se stesso immobilized/incapacitated himself / rendered himself immobile / completely shackled himself
Entered by: Maria Burnett
paratesi lined up / arrayed
Entered by: Raffaella Panigada
parco meagre
Entered by: Tom in London
pare che gli tocchi it\'s his fate/it\'s his destity, it seems
Entered by: Maria Burnett
partiti a singhiozzi They set off in fits and starts,
Entered by: Maria Burnett
passare di moda to go out of fashion
Entered by: Maria Burnett
passatismo Pastism
Entered by: Maria Burnett
Passi Passable/acceptable
Entered by: Maria Burnett
passo il canale a ogni ponte I cross the canal at every bridge
Entered by: Maria Burnett
pausa-gioco break
Entered by: Maria Burnett
pe \'nce spassá. to have fun/a good time
pelle segnata dalla fatica skin wrinkled by time and toil
per assurdo far-fetched/ for some strange reason
Entered by: Maria Burnett
per bacco! By Jove! (equivalent, Bacco is actually Dionysus)
per cui la fortuna va un po' aiutata for those who need a helping hand
per diiritto e per rovescio whatever/whichever way you looked at it
Entered by: Maria Burnett
per la serie di tazzine over the clatter/over the clinking of cups and saucers
Entered by: Maria Burnett
per non perdere il sapore dell’eterno so that I will not lose the taste of eternity
Entered by: Maria Burnett
per nulla al mondo vale di piu\' la pena lottare nothing is more worth fighting for
Entered by: Maria Burnett
Per rinserrare le fila to close ranks
Entered by: Maria Burnett
pera die
perché nessuno si perda so that nobody gets left behind/so no one loses out
Entered by: Angie Garbarino
percorsi di pensiero development of thought/thinking
percorso interpretativo che raccolga process of interpretation using all available material
Entered by: Lara Barnett
personaggi assurti a mito people/personalities who have become legends
pervadere lo spirito imbues the spirit
peso ideologico di livellamento e azzeramento formale the ideological impact of the annihilation of conventional forms
piazza a imbuto funnel-shaped piazza/square
più aperta allo sguardo with a broader view
Entered by: Maria Burnett
picasass picasass (stone-cutters)
pienezza dei sensi totally indulge the senses
Pippi Calzelunghe Pippi Longstocking
pista da biglie marble run
pistola a raggi artistici Artistic Rays Pistol/Gun
Entered by: Maria Burnett
pitagorico rigore Pythagorean rigour
Piu\' basso di tutta la testa A whole head shorter
podio-calcolatrice electronic calculator cum podium
Entered by: James (Jim) Davis
pomerio Pomerio
Porta altrove i contorni pushing back the boundaries
possidenti landowners/property owners/landlords
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