♦ now

♦ now
♦ now /naʊ/
A avv.
1 ora; adesso; in questo momento; a questo punto (nel tempo); subito: right now, proprio adesso; My parents are in the country now, ora i miei genitori sono in campagna; We must start now, dobbiamo partire ora; I'll do it now, lo farò subito; DIALOGO-Asking about a house- I can offer it to you now, posso offrirtelo subito; Now we'll see what happens, vedremo ora quel che succede; by now, ormai: They will have arrived by now, ormai saranno arrivati; for now, per ora; per adesso: DIALOGO-Ordering food 3- That's it for now, per ora è tutto; from now on (o onwards) d'ora in poi; d'ora in avanti; from now till tomorrow, di qui a domani; up to (o till, until) now, finora; sinora
2 (anche, nelle narrazioni) allora; ormai: Now he tried a new plan, allora egli ha provato ad attuare un altro progetto; It was now clear that…, era ormai chiaro che…
3 ora (lievemente avversativo); ebbene; orbene; or dunque; dunque; orsù; suvvia; via: Now listen to me!, ora, ascoltami!; No nonsense, now!, orsù, basta con queste sciocchezze!; Now let me see, via, fammi vedere!; Now Barabbas was a robber, orbene (o dunque), questo Barabba era un ladrone; Now what do you mean by it?, ebbene, che cosa intendi dire con ciò?
B cong.
(spesso, now that) ora che; dacché: Now you feel better you can go back to work, ora che stai meglio puoi tornare al lavoro; DIALOGO-In a meeting- Now everyone's been introduced, we should get started, ora che tutti sono stati presentati potremmo cominciare
C n. [u]
(il) presente: to read the future in the now, leggere il futuro nel presente
now and then; (every) now and again, di quando in quando; di tanto in tanto; ogni tanto: DIALOGO-Free time- I play football and go running now and then, gioco a calcio e vado a correre ogni tanto □ Now now (o now then), suvvia!; e via! □ Oh, come now!, via!; suvvia!; va là (che non ci credo)!; smettila!

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