Sentence examples of ", per così dire ," in Italian

<>
È l'Edison giapponese, per così dire. He is a Japanese Edison, as it were.
Lei è, per così dire, un dizionario ambulante. She is, so to speak, a walking dictionary.
Lei era, per così dire, il nostro idolo. She was, so to speak, our idol.
Non ci siamo visti per così tanto tempo. We haven't seen each other for such a long time.
Non ti preoccupare per una cosa così stupida. Don't worry about such a silly thing.
Fu così stupido da dire una bugia che potesse facilmente essere scoperta. He was so stupid as to tell a lie that might easily be found out.
È troppo intelligente per fare una cosa così stupida. He's too smart to do something that stupid.
Per piacere non fare così tanto rumore. Please don't make so much noise.
Per piacere non fate così tanto rumore. Please don't make so much noise.
Servono molti soldi per mantenere una casa così grande. It takes a lot of money to keep up such a big house.
Non è per noi di vivere in una casa così buona. It is not for us to live in such a fine house.
Per quale motivo sei venuto qui così presto? What did you come here so early for?
Dev'essere molto arrabbiato per dire una cosa del genere. He must be very angry to say such a thing.
Tom è un ragazzo troppo onesto per dire una bugia. Tom is too honest a boy to tell a lie.
John era troppo sorpreso per dire qualsiasi cosa. John was too surprised to say anything.
Stavo per dire un anno. I was gonna say a year.
Mentre stavamo discutendo la situazione Terri ci ha interrotto per dire la sua opinione. While we were discussing the situation, Terri broke in to give her opinion.
Ci guardarono come per dire "Poverino!". They looked at us, as much as to say, "Poor creature."
Ho telefonato per dire che lo volevo vedere. I telephoned to say that I wanted to see him.
Il signor Smith è troppo educato per dire qualsiasi cattiveria riguardo agli altri. Mr Smith is too polite to say anything bad about others.
More
Examples of word usage in different contexts are provided solely for linguistic purposes, i.e. to study word usage in a sentence in one language and how they can be translated into another. All samples are automatically collected from a variety of publicly available open sources using bilingual search technologies.
If you find a spelling, punctuation or any other error in the original or translation, use the "Report a problem" option or write to us.

In this section, you can see how words and expressions are used in different contexts using examples of translations made by professionals. The Contexts section will help you learn English, German, Spanish and other languages. Here you can find examples with phrasal verbs and idioms in texts that vary in style and theme. Examples can be sorted by translations and topics.

Learn foreign languages, see the translation of millions of words and expressions, and use them in your e-mail communication.

Translation bot

Translation bot

Translate in Telegram

Join for free

PROMT Master NMT

PROMT Master NMT

Accurate document translation

Download