curse

curse
I [kɜːs]
nome
1) (problem) disgrazia f., sventura f.

the curse of poverty — la piaga della povertà

2) (swearword) imprecazione f., bestemmia f.
3) (spell) maledizione f.

to put a curse on — scagliare una maledizione contro

4) BE ant. eufem.

to have the curse — essere indisposta

II 1. [kɜːs]
verbo transitivo maledire
2.
verbo intransitivo imprecare (at contro)

to curse and swear — bestemmiare come un turco

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[kə:s] 1. verb
1) (to wish that evil may fall upon: I curse the day that I was born!; The witch cursed him.) maledire
2) (to use violent language; to swear: He cursed (at his own stupidity) when he dropped the hammer on his toe.) imprecare, bestemmiare
2. noun
1) (an act of cursing, or the words used: the witch's curse.) maledizione
2) (a thing or person which is cursed: Having to work is the curse of my life.) maledizione, sventura
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[kɜːs]
1. n
1) maledizione f
curses! npl fam maledizione!

to put a curse on sb — maledire qn

there seems to be a curse on my family — sembra esserci una maledizione sulla mia famiglia

2) (bane) rovina, flagello

the curse of it is that ... — il guaio è che...

3) (swearword) imprecazione f , (blasphemous) bestemmia
4)

(fam: menstruation) she's got the curse — ha le sue cose

2. vt
maledire
3. vi
bestemmiare
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curse /kɜ:s/
n.
1 maledizione (in ogni senso): to be under a curse, sentirsi pesare sul capo una maledizione; to put a curse on sb., scagliare una maledizione contro q.
2 imprecazione; bestemmia; parolaccia
3 calamità; sventura; sciagura; disgrazia: Once malaria was a curse in Sardinia, una volta la malaria era una calamità della Sardegna; He is a curse to his family, è la disgrazia della sua famiglia
4 (relig.) anatema; scomunica
5 (slang eufem.) the curse, le mestruazioni (pl.)
to give a couple of curses, dire due parolacce; tirare un paio di moccoli (fam.) □ (fam.) I don't care (o give) a curse for it, non me ne importa un accidente.
(to) curse /kɜ:s/
(pass. e p. p. cursed, arc. curst)
A v. t.
1 maledire: The witch cursed the knight, la strega maledisse il cavaliere
2 inveire, imprecare contro: He cursed the man who had stepped on his toes, inveì contro l'uomo che gli aveva pestato i piedi; to curse oneself, imprecare contro sé stessi; darsi dell'imbecille
3 (relig.) scomunicare
B v. i.
imprecare; bestemmiare: Stop cursing!, smettila d'imprecare!
to be cursed with st., essere afflitto, tormentato da; (anche iron.) avere la disgrazia di avere qc.: We were cursed with swarms of mosquitoes, eravamo tormentati da nugoli di zanzare; I'm cursed with a long memory, per mia disgrazia possiedo una memoria lunga □ Curse it!, accidenti!; maledizione!
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I [kɜːs]
nome
1) (problem) disgrazia f., sventura f.

the curse of poverty — la piaga della povertà

2) (swearword) imprecazione f., bestemmia f.
3) (spell) maledizione f.

to put a curse on — scagliare una maledizione contro

4) BE ant. eufem.

to have the curse — essere indisposta

II 1. [kɜːs]
verbo transitivo maledire
2.
verbo intransitivo imprecare (at contro)

to curse and swear — bestemmiare come un turco


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