sham

sham
I 1. [ʃæm]
nome (person) impostore m. (-a); (democracy, election) burla f.; (ideas, views) mistificazione f.; (activity) frode f., finzione f.
2.
aggettivo attrib. [election, democracy] fasullo; [object, building, idea] falso; [activity] finto, fittizio; [organization] fantoccio
II 1. [ʃæm]
verbo transitivo (forma in -ing ecc. -mm-)

to sham sleep, death — fare finta di dormire, di essere morto

2.
verbo intransitivo (forma in -ing ecc. -mm-) fare finta
* * *
[ʃæm] 1. noun
(something that is pretended, not genuine: The whole trial was a sham.) finzione
2. adjective
(pretended, artificial or false: a sham fight; Are those diamonds real or sham?) falso
3. verb
(to pretend (to be in some state): He shammed sleep/anger; He shammed dead; I think she's only shamming.) fingere, fare finta
* * *
[ʃæm]
1. adj
(piety) falso (-a), (politeness) finto (-a), (elections) fasullo (-a), (battle, illness) simulato (-a)

a sham marriage — un falso matrimonio

sham promises — promesse vuote e false

2. n
1) (imposture) messinscena, finta
2) (person) ciarlatano (-a), impostore m
3. vt
fingere, simulare

to sham illness — fingersi malato (-a)

4. vi
fingere, far finta

he's just shamming — fa solo finta

* * *
sham /ʃæm/
A n.
1 [uc] oggetto imitato; imitazione; mistificazione
2 [u] finzione; simulazione; finta; inganno; frode: I hate sham, detesto la finzione
3 ciarlatano; impostore; simulatore; ipocrita
4 (spec. USA) copriguanciale; fodera del cuscino
B a.
finto; simulato; fittizio; falso; posticcio: (leg.) a sham contract, un contratto simulato; sham pearls, perle finte (o false); (fin.) sham dividends, dividendi fittizi; a sham fight, una battaglia simulata; (sport) sham injury, infortunio simulato
● (fin.) sham company, società fittizia □ (leg.) a sham plea, un'eccezione defatigatoria.
(to) sham /ʃæm/
A v. t.
fingere; simulare; mistificare: to sham illness, simulare una malattia; fingersi malato; (sport) to sham an injury, simulare un infortunio
B v. i.
fingere; far finta; fingersi; finger d'essere: He isn't really ill; he is just shamming, non è malato davvero, fa solo finta; to sham dead [asleep], fingersi morto [addormentato].
* * *
I 1. [ʃæm]
nome (person) impostore m. (-a); (democracy, election) burla f.; (ideas, views) mistificazione f.; (activity) frode f., finzione f.
2.
aggettivo attrib. [election, democracy] fasullo; [object, building, idea] falso; [activity] finto, fittizio; [organization] fantoccio
II 1. [ʃæm]
verbo transitivo (forma in -ing ecc. -mm-)

to sham sleep, death — fare finta di dormire, di essere morto

2.
verbo intransitivo (forma in -ing ecc. -mm-) fare finta

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