Black

I 1. [blæk]

aggettivo

1) (dark) [cloud, hair, skin] nero; [night] buio

to paint sth. black — pitturare qcs. di nero

to turn black — diventare nero, annerirsi

2) (African, Afro-Caribbean) (anche Black) [community, culture] nero; [school] per neri

a black man, woman — un uomo, una donna di colore

3) (without milk) [coffee] nero; [tea] senza latte

4) (dirty) [face, towel] nero

5) (macabre) [humour] nero

6) (gloomy) [mood, thoughts] nero, tetro; [picture] nero, a tinte fosche; [despair] cupo; [future] fosco; [news] funesto; [day] nero

7) (angry) [look] truce, torvo

his face was as black as thunder — era scuro in volto

he's in one of his black moods — è d'umore nero

8) (evil) [deed] empio, scellerato; [magic] nero

2.

nome

1) (colour) nero m.

2) (anche Black) (person) nero m. (-a)

3) econ.

to be in the black — essere in credito o in attivo

4) (in chess, draughts) nero m., neri m.pl.; (in roulette) nero m.; (in snooker or pool) (palla) nera f.

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black and blue — pieno di lividi

to beat sb. black and blue — fare qcn. nero di botte

to give sb. a black eye — fare un occhio nero a qcn

II [blæk]

verbo transitivo

1) (put black onto) annerire, sporcare [sb.'s face, hands]; lucidare (di nero) [boots]

2) BE (boycott) boicottare

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- black out

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[blæk] 1. adjective

1) (of the colour in which these words are printed: black paint.) nero

2) (without light: a black night; The night was black and starless.) nero, scuro

3) (dirty: Your hands are black!; black hands from lifting coal.) nero

4) (without milk: black coffee.) nero

5) (evil: black magic.) nero

6) ((often offensive: currently acceptable in the United States, South Africa etc) Negro, of African, West Indian descent.) negro

7) ((especially South Africa) coloured; of mixed descent (increasingly used by people of mixed descent to refer to themselves).) nero

2. noun

1) (the colour in which these words are printed: Black and white are opposites.) nero

2) (something (eg paint) black in colour: I've used up all the black.) nero

3) ((often with capital: often offensive: currently acceptable in the United states, South Africa etc) a Negro; a person of African, West Indian etc descent.) negro, nero

3. verb

(to make black.) annerire

- blackness

- blacken
- black art/magic
- blackbird
- blackboard
- black box
- the Black Death
- black eye
- blackhead
- blacklist 4. verb

(to put (a person etc) on such a list.) mettere sulla lista nera

- blackmail

5. noun

(the act of blackmailing: money got by blackmail.) ricatto

- blackmailer

- Black Maria
- black market
- black marketeer
- blackout
- black sheep
- blacksmith
- black and blue
- black out
- in black and white

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(Surnames) Black /blæk/

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I 1. [blæk]

aggettivo

1) (dark) [cloud, hair, skin] nero; [night] buio

to paint sth. black — pitturare qcs. di nero

to turn black — diventare nero, annerirsi

2) (African, Afro-Caribbean) (anche Black) [community, culture] nero; [school] per neri

a black man, woman — un uomo, una donna di colore

3) (without milk) [coffee] nero; [tea] senza latte

4) (dirty) [face, towel] nero

5) (macabre) [humour] nero

6) (gloomy) [mood, thoughts] nero, tetro; [picture] nero, a tinte fosche; [despair] cupo; [future] fosco; [news] funesto; [day] nero

7) (angry) [look] truce, torvo

his face was as black as thunder — era scuro in volto

he's in one of his black moods — è d'umore nero

8) (evil) [deed] empio, scellerato; [magic] nero

2.

nome

1) (colour) nero m.

2) (anche Black) (person) nero m. (-a)

3) econ.

to be in the black — essere in credito o in attivo

4) (in chess, draughts) nero m., neri m.pl.; (in roulette) nero m.; (in snooker or pool) (palla) nera f.

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black and blue — pieno di lividi

to beat sb. black and blue — fare qcn. nero di botte

to give sb. a black eye — fare un occhio nero a qcn

II [blæk]

verbo transitivo

1) (put black onto) annerire, sporcare [sb.'s face, hands]; lucidare (di nero) [boots]

2) BE (boycott) boicottare

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- black out