heavy

heavy
['hevɪ] 1.
aggettivo
1) [person, load, bag] pesante; mil. ind. [machinery] pesante, grosso; [artillery] pesante

to make sth. heavier — appesantire qcs.

he's 5 kg heavier than me — pesa 5 chili più di me

2) (thick) [fabric, coat] pesante; [shoes, frame] grosso, pesante; [line] spesso, pesante; [features] pesante
3) fig. (weighty) [movement, step, legs] pesante, appesantito; [irony, responsibility, blow] pesante; [sigh] profondo

with a heavy heart — con il cuore gonfio, a malincuore

to be a heavy sleeper — avere il sonno pesante

a heavy thud — un tonfo sordo

the interview was heavy going — il colloquio procedeva a rilento

4) (abundant) [traffic, gunfire] intenso; [bleeding] copioso

to be a heavy drinker, smoker — essere un forte bevitore, un accanito fumatore

to be heavy on — [machine] consumare una grande quantità di [fuel]

5) (severe) [loss, debt] pesante; [attack] intenso; [prison sentence, fine] severo; [criticism] pesante, forte; [cold] forte

heavy fighting — lotta intensa, violenta

6) (strong) [perfume] forte; [accent] pronunciato, forte
7) meteor. [rain] forte; [frost] intenso; [fog] fitto; [snow] abbondante; [sky] coperto, minaccioso

the air is very heavy today — oggi l'aria è molto pesante

to capsize in heavy seas — capovolgersi per il mare grosso

8) gastr. [meal, food] pesante
9) (busy) [timetable] intenso, pieno
10) (difficult, serious) [book, film, lecture] pesante, impegnativo

his article makes heavy reading — il suo articolo è pesante da leggere

2.
avverbio

time hung heavy on her hands — le sembrava che il tempo non passasse mai

3.
nome colloq. (bodyguard) gorilla m.
* * *
['hevi]
adjective
1) (having great weight; difficult to lift or carry: a heavy parcel.) pesante
2) (having a particular weight: I wonder how heavy our little baby is.) pesante
3) (of very great amount, force etc: heavy rain; a heavy blow; The ship capsized in the heavy seas; heavy taxes.) forte; violento
4) (doing something to a great extent: He's a heavy smoker/drinker.) grande, accanito
5) (dark and dull; looking or feeling stormy: a heavy sky/atmosphere.) pesante
6) (difficult to read, do, understand etc: Books on philosophy are too heavy for me.) pesante
7) ((of food) hard to digest: rather heavy pastry.) pesante
8) (noisy and clumsy: heavy footsteps.) pesante
- heaviness
- heavy-duty
- heavy industry
- heavyweight
- heavy going
- a heavy heart
- make heavy weather of
* * *
['hevɪ] 1.
aggettivo
1) [person, load, bag] pesante; mil. ind. [machinery] pesante, grosso; [artillery] pesante

to make sth. heavier — appesantire qcs.

he's 5 kg heavier than me — pesa 5 chili più di me

2) (thick) [fabric, coat] pesante; [shoes, frame] grosso, pesante; [line] spesso, pesante; [features] pesante
3) fig. (weighty) [movement, step, legs] pesante, appesantito; [irony, responsibility, blow] pesante; [sigh] profondo

with a heavy heart — con il cuore gonfio, a malincuore

to be a heavy sleeper — avere il sonno pesante

a heavy thud — un tonfo sordo

the interview was heavy going — il colloquio procedeva a rilento

4) (abundant) [traffic, gunfire] intenso; [bleeding] copioso

to be a heavy drinker, smoker — essere un forte bevitore, un accanito fumatore

to be heavy on — [machine] consumare una grande quantità di [fuel]

5) (severe) [loss, debt] pesante; [attack] intenso; [prison sentence, fine] severo; [criticism] pesante, forte; [cold] forte

heavy fighting — lotta intensa, violenta

6) (strong) [perfume] forte; [accent] pronunciato, forte
7) meteor. [rain] forte; [frost] intenso; [fog] fitto; [snow] abbondante; [sky] coperto, minaccioso

the air is very heavy today — oggi l'aria è molto pesante

to capsize in heavy seas — capovolgersi per il mare grosso

8) gastr. [meal, food] pesante
9) (busy) [timetable] intenso, pieno
10) (difficult, serious) [book, film, lecture] pesante, impegnativo

his article makes heavy reading — il suo articolo è pesante da leggere

2.
avverbio

time hung heavy on her hands — le sembrava che il tempo non passasse mai

3.
nome colloq. (bodyguard) gorilla m.

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