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a- meaning in Italian

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a- (not, without, opposite of)
adjective
[UK: ə]
[US: ə]

a-adjective

a bad penny always turns up (unwanted person or thing reappears)
phrase

chi scava una fossa vi cade dentrophrase

l'erba cattiva non muore maiphrase

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (small but certain advantage is preferable)
phrase
[UK: ə bɜːd ɪn ðə hænd ɪz wɜːθ ˈtuː ɪn ðə bʊʃ]
[US: ə ˈbɝːd ɪn ðə ˈhænd ˈɪz ˈwɝːθ ˈtuː ɪn ðə ˈbʊʃ]

meglio un uovo oggi che una gallina domaniphrase

a bit much (More than is reasonable)
noun
[UK: ə bɪt ˈmʌtʃ]
[US: ə ˈbɪt ˈmʌtʃ]

esagerazionenoun
{f}

A-bomb [A-bombs] (atomic bomb)
noun
[UK: ˈeɪ.bɒm]
[US: ˈeɪ.bɒm]

bomba Anoun
{f}

a cappella (performed by a choir with no instrumental accompaniment)
adverb

a cappellaadverb

a chain is only as strong as its weakest link (aphorism)
phrase

una catena è forte quanto il suo anello più debolephrase

a closed mouth catches no flies (It's best not to talk too much)
phrase

un bel tacer non fu mai scrittophrase
{m}

a cold day in July (an event that will never happen)
noun

alle calende grechenoun

mainoun

quando gli asini volerannonoun

a contented mind is a perpetual feast (contentment derives from attitude more than circumstances)
phrase

chi si accontenta godephrase

A Coruña (city in Galicia)
proper noun

La Coruñaproper noun
{f}

a day late and a dollar short (adverbial use of the adjectival form)
adverb

troppo pocoadverb

troppo tardiadverb

a few (a small number of things)
pronoun
[UK: ə fjuː]
[US: ə ˈfjuː]

pochipronoun

un pò dipronoun

a few (a small number of)
determiner
[UK: ə fjuː]
[US: ə ˈfjuː]

alcunideterminer

pochideterminer

A-flat (tone four fifths below C)
noun

La bemollenoun

A-flat major noun

la bemolle maggiorenoun

a fortiori adverb

a fortioriadverb

a friend in need is a friend indeed (if a friend helps you when you are in need, they are a true friend)
phrase
[UK: ə ˈfrend ɪn niːd ɪz ə ˈfrend ɪn.ˈdiːd]
[US: ə ˈfrend ɪn ˈniːd ˈɪz ə ˈfrend ˌɪn.ˈdiːd]

gli amici si vedono nel momento del bisognophrase

a good beginning makes a good ending (good beginnings promise a good end)
phrase

chi ben comincia è a metà dell'operaphrase

a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step phrase
[UK: ə ˈdʒɜː.ni əv ə ˈθaʊz.n̩d maɪlz bɪ.ˈɡɪnz wɪð ə ˈsɪŋ.ɡl̩ step]
[US: ə ˈdʒɝː.ni əv ə ˈθaʊz.n̩d ˈmaɪlz bɪ.ˈɡɪnz wɪθ ə ˈsɪŋ.ɡl̩ ˈstep]

un viaggio di mille miglia comincia con il primo passophrase

a leopard cannot change its spots (one cannot change one's own nature)
phrase
[UK: ə ˈle.pəd ˈkæn.ɒt tʃeɪndʒ ɪts spɒts]
[US: ə ˈle.pərd ˈkæn.ɑːt ˈtʃeɪndʒ ˈɪts ˈspɑːts]

chi nasce tondo non può morire quadratophrase

il lupo perde il pelo ma non il viziophrase

A level (a non-compulsory examination taken in the final two years in British high schools)
noun

maturitànoun
{f}

a lie has no legs (you can't get away with a lie)
phrase
[UK: ə laɪ hæz nəʊ leɡz]
[US: ə ˈlaɪ ˈhæz ˈnoʊ ˈleɡz]

le bugie hanno le gambe cortephrase

a little (to a small extent or degree)
adverb
[UK: ə ˈlɪt.l̩]
[US: ə ˈlɪt.l̩]

un po'adverb

un pocoadverb

a little bird told me (idiomatic)
phrase
[UK: ə ˈlɪt.l̩ bɜːd təʊld miː]
[US: ə ˈlɪt.l̩ ˈbɝːd toʊld ˈmiː]

un uccellino mi ha detto che...phrase

a lot (a large amount)
pronoun
[UK: ə lɒt]
[US: ə ˈlɑːt]

grandepronoun

moltopronoun

a lot (often)
adverb
[UK: ə lɒt]
[US: ə ˈlɑːt]

spessoadverb

a lot (very much)
adverb
[UK: ə lɒt]
[US: ə ˈlɑːt]

moltoadverb

A major (major key)
noun
[UK: ə ˈmeɪ.dʒə(r)]
[US: ə ˈmeɪ.dʒər]

la maggiorenoun

a man is known by the company he keeps (people are similar in character to their friends)
phrase

dimmi con chi vai e ti dirò chi seiphrase

A-minor (minor key with A as its tonic)
noun

la minorenoun
{m}

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