pick up

pick up
pick up
1) (improve) [trade, market] essere in ripresa; [weather, performance, health] migliorare; [sick person] ristabilirsi
2) (resume) riprendere

to pick up (from) where one left off — riprendere da dove ci si era fermati; pick [sb., sth.] up, pick up [sb., sth.]

3) (lift, take hold of) (to tidy) raccogliere; (to examine) prendere (in mano) [object]; (after fall) tirare su; (for cuddle) prendere fra le braccia [person]

to pick up the telephone — alzare la cornetta (del telefono)

to pick up the bill — pagare il conto

4) (collect) dare un passaggio a [hitcher]; caricare [cargo]; fare salire [passenger]; (andare a) ritirare [ticket, keys]

could you pick me up? — puoi venirmi a prendere? pick [sth.] up, pick up [sth.]

5) (buy) prendere, comprare [milk, bread, newspaper]

to pick up a bargain — fare un (buon) affare

6) (learn, acquire) imparare [language]; prendere [habit, accent]; sviluppare [skill]
7) (catch) prendere [illness]
8) (notice, register) [person] scovare, trovare [error]; [machine] rilevare [defect]
9) (detect) [person, animal] trovare [trail, scent]; [searchlight, radar] segnalare la presenza di, individuare [aircraft, person, object]; rad. tel. captare [signal]
10) (gain, earn) guadagnare [point]; aumentare di [size]

to pick up a reputation — farsi una brutta fama

to pick up speed — prendere velocità

11) (resume) riprendere [conversation, career]

you'll soon pick up your Italian again — ricomincerai in fretta a parlare italiano; pick [sb.] up, pick up [sb.]

12) (rescue) soccorrere, portare in salvo [person]
13) (arrest) arrestare [suspect]
14) (meet) spreg. abbordare [person]; rimorchiare [partner]; caricare (in macchina) [prostitute]
15) (find fault with) riprendere, fare delle critiche a [person] (on su); pick oneself up
16) (get up) alzarsi
17) fig. (recover) riprendersi, rimettersi
* * *
1) (to learn gradually, without formal teaching: I never studied Italian - I just picked it up when I was in Italy.) imparare
2) (to let (someone) into a car, train etc in order to take him somewhere: I picked him up at the station and drove him home.) prendere su
3) (to get (something) by chance: I picked up a bargain at the shops today.) trovare
4) (to right (oneself) after a fall etc; to stand up: He fell over and picked himself up again.) rialzarsi
5) (to collect (something) from somewhere: I ordered some meat from the butcher - I'll pick it up on my way home tonight.) prendere
6) ((of radio, radar etc) to receive signals: We picked up a foreign broadcast last night.) ricevere
7) (to find; to catch: We lost his trail but picked it up again later; The police picked up the criminal.) ritrovare; prendere
* * *
1. vt + adv
1) (lift: sth dropped) raccogliere, raccattare, (sb fallen) tirar su

could you help me pick up the toys? — mi aiuti a raccogliere i giocattoli?

to pick o.s. up — rialzarsi

to pick up a child — prendere in braccio un bambino

to pick up the phone — alzare il ricevitore

to pick up the bill fig — pagare (il conto)

to pick sb up for having made a mistake — riprendere qn per aver fatto uno sbaglio

2) (collect: goods, person) passare a prendere

we'll come to the airport to pick you up — veniamo a prenderti all'aeroporto, (subj : bus etc) far salire, caricare, (rescue) raccogliere, (from sea) ripescare, (arrest) arrestare

the car picked up speed — la macchina ha acquistato velocità or ha accelerato

3) (acquire: sale bargain) trovare, (information, points in exam, germ) prendere, (learn: habit, ideas) prendere, (skill, language, tricks) imparare

they picked up a nasty infection — si sono presi una brutta infezione

can you pick up some information while you're there? — puoi prendere delle informazioni mentre sei lì?

I picked up some Spanish during my holiday — ho imparato un po' di spagnolo in vacanza

he picked up a girl at the disco fam — ha rimorchiato una ragazza in discoteca

4) Radio TV Telec captare
2. vi + adv
1) (improve: gen) migliorare, (wages) aumentare, (invalid, business) riprendersi, (weather) rimettersi

things are picking up — le cose stanno migliorando

2) (continue) continuare, riprendere

to pick up where one left off — riprendere dal punto in cui ci si era fermati

* * *
pick up
1) (improve) [trade, market] essere in ripresa; [weather, performance, health] migliorare; [sick person] ristabilirsi
2) (resume) riprendere

to pick up (from) where one left off — riprendere da dove ci si era fermati; pick [sb., sth.] up, pick up [sb., sth.]

3) (lift, take hold of) (to tidy) raccogliere; (to examine) prendere (in mano) [object]; (after fall) tirare su; (for cuddle) prendere fra le braccia [person]

to pick up the telephone — alzare la cornetta (del telefono)

to pick up the bill — pagare il conto

4) (collect) dare un passaggio a [hitcher]; caricare [cargo]; fare salire [passenger]; (andare a) ritirare [ticket, keys]

could you pick me up? — puoi venirmi a prendere? pick [sth.] up, pick up [sth.]

5) (buy) prendere, comprare [milk, bread, newspaper]

to pick up a bargain — fare un (buon) affare

6) (learn, acquire) imparare [language]; prendere [habit, accent]; sviluppare [skill]
7) (catch) prendere [illness]
8) (notice, register) [person] scovare, trovare [error]; [machine] rilevare [defect]
9) (detect) [person, animal] trovare [trail, scent]; [searchlight, radar] segnalare la presenza di, individuare [aircraft, person, object]; rad. tel. captare [signal]
10) (gain, earn) guadagnare [point]; aumentare di [size]

to pick up a reputation — farsi una brutta fama

to pick up speed — prendere velocità

11) (resume) riprendere [conversation, career]

you'll soon pick up your Italian again — ricomincerai in fretta a parlare italiano; pick [sb.] up, pick up [sb.]

12) (rescue) soccorrere, portare in salvo [person]
13) (arrest) arrestare [suspect]
14) (meet) spreg. abbordare [person]; rimorchiare [partner]; caricare (in macchina) [prostitute]
15) (find fault with) riprendere, fare delle critiche a [person] (on su); pick oneself up
16) (get up) alzarsi
17) fig. (recover) riprendersi, rimettersi

English-Italian dictionary. 2013.

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