utter

utter
I ['ʌtə(r)]
aggettivo [failure, despair] totale; [disaster] completo; [sincerity, amazement] assoluto; [scoundrel] bell'e buono; [stranger, fool] perfetto

utter rubbish! — scemenze!

II ['ʌtə(r)]
verbo transitivo
1) pronunciare, proferire [word]; pronunciare, lanciare [curse]; lanciare [cry]; emettere [sound]

I couldn't utter a word — non sono riuscito a dire neanche una parola

2) dir. diffondere [libel]; mettere in circolazione [forged banknotes]
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I adjective
(complete or total: There was utter silence; utter darkness.)
II verb
(to produce (sounds, eg cries, words etc) with the mouth: She uttered a sigh of relief; She didn't utter a single word of encouragement.)
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utter /ˈʌtə(r)/
a.
assoluto; totale: Her room was in an utter mess, la sua camera era nel disordine più totale; That's utter nonsense, sono sciocchezze bell'e buone; (mil. e sport) utter defeat, disfatta assoluta
● (sport) utter collapse, crollo verticale (di una squadra, ecc.) □ utter darkness, buio pesto □ an utter denial, un diniego assoluto □ an utter stranger, un perfetto sconosciuto □ to my utter amazement, con mio enorme stupore.
(to) utter /ˈʌtə(r)/
v. t.
1 (lett. o form.) emettere; produrre: He uttered a sigh of relief, ha emesso un sospiro di sollievo; to utter a cry of pain, lanciare un grido di dolore
2 (lett. o form.) dire; proferire: He refused to utter a single word, ha rifiutato di proferir parola; to utter the truth, dire la verità
3 (arc.) divulgare; diffondere (calunnie, dicerie, ecc.)
4 (ling., pubbl.) enunciare
5 (leg.) mettere in circolazione; spacciare: to utter false coins, spacciare monete false.
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I ['ʌtə(r)]
aggettivo [failure, despair] totale; [disaster] completo; [sincerity, amazement] assoluto; [scoundrel] bell'e buono; [stranger, fool] perfetto

utter rubbish! — scemenze!

II ['ʌtə(r)]
verbo transitivo
1) pronunciare, proferire [word]; pronunciare, lanciare [curse]; lanciare [cry]; emettere [sound]

I couldn't utter a word — non sono riuscito a dire neanche una parola

2) dir. diffondere [libel]; mettere in circolazione [forged banknotes]

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