Italiano | Inglese |
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fossa noun {f} | grave [graves](excavation for burial) pit [pits](hole in the ground) trough [troughs](a long, narrow depression between waves or ridges) |
fossa biologica noun {f} | cesspool [cesspools](place for sewage) septic tank [septic tanks](watertight treatment system for domestic sewage) |
fossa comune noun {f} | mass grave(a grave containing many corpses) |
fossa d'orchestra noun {f} | orchestra pit(sunken area in front of a stage) |
fossa dei leoni noun {f} | lion's den(a dangerous or frightening place) |
fossa del leone noun {f} | lion's den(a dangerous or frightening place) |
Fossa delle Marianne proper noun | Mariana Trench(trench in the North Pacific Ocean) |
fossato noun | ditch [ditches](trench) |
fossato noun {m} | moat [moats](defensive ditch) trench [trenches](long, narrow ditch or hole) |
affossamento noun {m} | ditch [ditches](trench) pothole [potholes](pit in the bed of a stream) |
affossare verb | bog [bogged, bogging, bogs](to become mired or stuck) |
avanfossa noun {f} | foredeepnoun |
avere un piede nella fossa verb | |
chi scava la fossa agli altri phrase | he who digs a pit for others falls in himself(he who digs a pit for others, falls in himself) |
chi scava una fossa vi cade dentro phrase | a bad penny always turns up(unwanted person or thing reappears) |