Angličtina | Taliančina |
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what's cooking (greeting) interjection | cosa sta succendendo?interjection |
what's cooking (request for an explanation) interjection | cosa sta succedendo?interjection |
what's-his-name (A person or entity whose name one does not remember) pronoun [UK: ˈwɒts hɪz ˈneɪm] [US: ˈhwʌts ˈhɪz ˈneɪm] | Cosopronoun |
what's new (informal greeting asking what has happened recently) phrase | novita?phrase |
what's on your mind (what is bothering you?) phrase | che cosa hai in mente?phrase |
what's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander (if something is acceptable for one person, it is acceptable for another) phrase [UK: ˈwɒts sɔːs fɔː(r) ðə ɡuːs ɪz sɔːs fɔː(r) ðə ˈɡæn.də(r)] [US: ˈhwʌts ˈsɒs ˈfɔːr ðə ˈɡuːs ˈɪz ˈsɒs ˈfɔːr ðə ˈɡæn.dər] | |
what's up (How are you?) phrase [UK: ˈwɒts ʌp] [US: ˈhwʌts ʌp] | come buttaphrase |
what's up (What’s the matter? What is the problem? What is wrong?) phrase [UK: ˈwɒts ʌp] [US: ˈhwʌts ʌp] | che c'èphrase |
what's your phone number (what's your phone number?) phrase | |
whataboutism (propaganda technique) noun | benaltrismonoun |
whatchamacallit (any object the actual name of which the speaker does not know or cannot remember) noun [UK: wˈɒttʃəmˌakəlˌɪt] [US: wˈʌttʃəmˌækəlˌɪt] | cosonoun vattelapescanoun |
whatever (indicating the speaker does not care what someone says) interjection [UK: wɒt.ˈev.ə(r)] [US: hwʌt.ˈev.r̩] | vabbèinterjectionAh, whatever. = Ah, vabbè. |
whatever (regardless of the … that; for any … that) determiner [UK: wɒt.ˈev.ə(r)] [US: hwʌt.ˈev.r̩] | checchédeterminer come vuoideterminer qualsiasideterminerDo whatever you want to do. = Fai qualsiasi cosa vuoi fare. qualsivogliadeterminer qualunquedeterminerWhatever she says is true. = Qualunque cosa dica è vera. |
whatever determiner [UK: wɒt.ˈev.ə(r)] [US: hwʌt.ˈev.r̩] | qualsiasi cosadeterminer |
whatever it takes (anything required to achieve an objective) noun | ad ogni costonoun |
whatsoever (in any way) adverb [UK: ˌwɒt.səʊ.ˈev.ə(r)] [US: ˌhwʌt.soʊ.ˈev.ər̩] | qualsivogliaadverb |
come what may (idiomatic) adverb [UK: kʌm ˈwɒt meɪ] [US: ˈkəm ˈhwʌt ˈmeɪ] | succeda quel che succedaadverb |
for what it's worth (considering what limited worth this advice may have) preposition | Considerando quanto poco possa valere questo consigliopreposition |
I know you are but what am I (assertion that an insult made by the party to whom the phrase is directed is actually true of that party) phrase | |
if you know what I mean (used to allude to something unsaid or hinted at) phrase [UK: ɪf juː nəʊ ˈwɒt ˈaɪ miːn] [US: ˈɪf ˈjuː ˈnoʊ ˈhwʌt ˈaɪ ˈmiːn] | se capisci cosa intendophrase |
it is what it is (this thing has its own nature) phrase | vada come vadaphrase |
it's not what you know but who you know phrase | |
no matter what (under any circumstances, whatever happens) phrase | caschi il mondophrase succeda quel che succedaphrase |
no matter what (whatever) phrase | non importaphrase |
reap what one sows (to receive as a return or reward in the same measure as one’s exertions or intentions) verb | |
so what (reply of indifference) interjection | e allora?interjection e quindi?interjection |
you-know-what (known and unmentioned thing) pronoun [UK: jʊ.ˈnəʊ.wɒt] [US: jʊ.ˈnəʊ.wɒt] | lei-sa-cosapronoun tu-sai-cosapronoun |