balloon

balloon
I [bə'luːn]
nome
1) pallone m. (aerostatico)

(hot air) balloon — mongolfiera

2) (toy) palloncino m.
3) (for cartoon speech) fumetto m., nuvoletta f.
••

to go down — BE o

go over — AE

like a lead balloon — [joke, remark] fare fiasco o cadere nel vuoto

II [bə'luːn]
verbo intransitivo
1) aer.

to go ballooning — andare o viaggiare in mongolfiera

2) (anche balloon out) (swell) [sail, skirt] gonfiarsi
3) (increase quickly) [deficit, debt] crescere, aumentare
* * *
[bə'lu:n]
noun
(a large bag, made of light material and filled with a gas lighter than air: They decorated the dance-hall with balloons.) mongolfiera
* * *
balloon /bəˈlu:n/
n.
1 (= hot-air balloon) pallone (aerostatico); mongolfiera; aerostato: (mil.) balloon barrage, sbarramento di palloni frenati; captive balloon, pallone frenato
2 palloncino (per bimbi): to blow up a balloon, gonfiare un palloncino; to burst (o to pop) a balloon, far scoppiare un palloncino
3 (fam.) fumetto (nei giornalini); nuvoletta
4 (chim.) pallone (di vetro: da distillazione)
5 (med.) palloncino (per insufflazione)
6 (slang USA) preservativo
● (aeron.) balloon basket (o balloon car), navicella □ (meteor.) balloon drag, pallone frenante □ (fin. USA) balloon mortgage, mutuo ipotecario con elevata rata finale □ (naut.) balloon sail, pallone (vela) □ (moda) balloon sleeve, manica a sbuffo □ (autom.) balloon tyre, grosso pneumatico a bassa pressione □ (fam.) The balloon went up, successe il finimondo □ (fam. GB) when the balloon goes up, quando comincia il bello; quando si comincia a ballare (fig.); quando scoppia la bomba (fig.).
(to) balloon /bəˈlu:n/
A v. t.
1 gonfiare (come un pallone)
2 (med.) insufflare (a scopo diagnostico o terapeutico)
B v. i.
1 viaggiare in pallone
2 gonfiarsi
3 (fig.) crescere.
* * *
I [bə'luːn]
nome
1) pallone m. (aerostatico)

(hot air) balloon — mongolfiera

2) (toy) palloncino m.
3) (for cartoon speech) fumetto m., nuvoletta f.
••

to go down — BE o

go over — AE

like a lead balloon — [joke, remark] fare fiasco o cadere nel vuoto

II [bə'luːn]
verbo intransitivo
1) aer.

to go ballooning — andare o viaggiare in mongolfiera

2) (anche balloon out) (swell) [sail, skirt] gonfiarsi
3) (increase quickly) [deficit, debt] crescere, aumentare

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