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wait [waits] (a delay) noun [UK: weɪt] [US: ˈweɪt] | attesanounThe wait continues. = L'attesa continua. |
wait [waited, waiting, waits] (delay until some event) verb [UK: weɪt] [US: ˈweɪt] | aspettareverbHe waited his turn. = Aspettò il suo turno. attendereverbThe wait continues. = L'attesa continua. |
wait [waited, waiting, waits] (to serve customers) verb [UK: weɪt] [US: ˈweɪt] | servire a tavolaverb |
wait and see (to await the course of events) verb [UK: weɪt ənd ˈsiː] [US: ˈweɪt ænd ˈsiː] | stare a vedereverb |
wait-and-see (tending to observe) adjective [UK: ˈweɪ.tən.ˈsiː] [US: ˈweɪ.tən.ˈsiː] | accortoadjective attendistaadjective cavillosoadjective guardingoadjective oculatoadjective |
waiter [waiters] (a server in a restaurant or similar) noun [UK: ˈweɪ.tə(r)] [US: ˈweɪ.tər] | camerieranoun camerierenoun |
waiting (the act of staying or remaining in expectation) noun [UK: ˈweɪt.ɪŋ] [US: ˈweɪt.ɪŋ] | aspettazionenoun aspettonoun attesanoun |
waiting game (strategy of refraining from action until circumstances change) noun | temporeggiarenoun tergiversarenoun |
waiting room [waiting rooms] (room) noun [UK: ˈweɪt.ɪŋ ruːm] [US: ˈweɪt.ɪŋ ˈruːm] | sala d'aspettonoun sala d'attesanoun |
waitress [waitresses] (female waiter) noun [UK: ˈweɪ.trɪs] [US: ˈweɪ.trəs] | camerieranoun |
await [awaited, awaiting, awaits] (to serve) verb [UK: ə.ˈweɪt] [US: ə.ˈweɪt] | servireverb |
await [awaited, awaiting, awaits] (transitive: to wait for) verb [UK: ə.ˈweɪt] [US: ə.ˈweɪt] | aspettareverbHell awaits you. = L'inferno ti sta aspettando. attendereverbJohn is now awaiting trial. = John ora è in attesa del processo. |
can't wait verb | non vedere l'oraverb |
dumbwaiter [dumbwaiters] (small elevator) noun [UK: ˌdʌm.ˈweɪ.tə(r)] [US: ˌdʌm.ˈweɪ.tər] | montavivandenoun |
good things come to those who wait (patience is a virtue) phrase [UK: ɡʊd ˈθɪŋz kʌm tuː ðəʊz huː weɪt] [US: ˈɡʊd ˈθɪŋz ˈkəm ˈtuː ðoʊz ˈhuː ˈweɪt] | dare tempo al tempophrase |
headwaiter (main supervisory waiter) noun [UK: hˈedweɪtə] [US: hˈedweɪɾɚ] | capocamerierenoun |
Kuwait (country in the Middle East) proper noun [UK: kʊ.ˈweɪt] [US: kuː.ˈweɪt] | il Kuwaitproper noun |
lady-in-waiting (lady in the household of a woman of higher rank who attends her as a personal assistant) noun [UK: ˌleɪ.dɪ ɪn ˈweɪt.ɪŋ] [US: ˌleɪ.dɪ ɪn ˈweɪt.ɪŋ] | dama di compagnianoun |
lie in wait (to be hiding to ambush) verb | appostarsiverb stare in agguatoverb |
long-awaited (having been awaited for a long time) adjective | attesissimoadjective |