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gallows meaning in Italian

EnglishItalian
gallows [gallows] (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)
noun
[UK: ˈɡæ.ləʊz]
[US: ˈɡæloʊz]

forcanoun
{f}

patibolonoun
{m}
The criminal was sent to the gallows. = Il criminale venne mandato al patibolo.

gallows bird (person who deserves to be hanged)
noun
[UK: ˈɡæ.ləʊz bɜːd]
[US: ˈɡæloʊz ˈbɝːd]

pendaglio da forcanoun
{m}

gallows humor (comedy that still manages to be funny in the face of a perfectly hopeless situation)
noun
[UK: ˈɡæ.ləʊz ˈhjuː.mə(r)]
[US: ˈɡæloʊz ˈhjuː.mər]

humor patibolarenoun
{m}

risata verdenoun
{f}