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shift meaning in Italian

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shift [shifts] (act of shifting)
noun
[UK: ʃɪft]
[US: ˈʃɪft]

mutamentonoun
{m}

spostamentonoun
{m}

shift [shifts] (change of workers)
noun
[UK: ʃɪft]
[US: ˈʃɪft]

cambionoun
{m}

turnonoun
{m}
He worked shifts. = Lavorava a turni.

shift [shifted, shifting, shifts] (to change, swap)
verb
[UK: ʃɪft]
[US: ˈʃɪft]

barattareverb

permutareverb

scambiareverb

shift [shifted, shifting, shifts] (to change gears)
verb
[UK: ʃɪft]
[US: ˈʃɪft]

cambiareverb

shift [shifted, shifting, shifts] (to move from one place to another)
verb
[UK: ʃɪft]
[US: ˈʃɪft]

muoversiverb

slittareverb

spostarsiverb

shift gears (change the gear by which motion is transmitted)
verb

cambiare marciaverb

shifty [shiftier, shiftiest] (Having the appearance of someone dishonest, criminal or unreliable)
adjective
[UK: ˈʃɪf.ti]
[US: ˈʃɪf.ti]

ambiguoadjective

equivocoadjective

sfuggenteadjective

shifty [shiftier, shiftiest] (Subject to frequent changes in direction)
adjective
[UK: ˈʃɪf.ti]
[US: ˈʃɪf.ti]

mutevoleadjective

sfuggevoleadjective

volubileadjective

Lamb shift (difference between energy levels)
noun

spostamento di Lambnoun
{m}

make shift (contrive, find a way through difficulty)
verb
[UK: ˈmeɪk ʃɪft]
[US: ˈmeɪk ˈʃɪft]

improvvisareverb

ingegnarsiverb

makeshift (made to work or suffice)
adjective
[UK: ˈmeɪk.ʃɪft]
[US: ˈmeɪk.ʃɪft]

arraffazzonatoadjective

di fortunaadjective

improvvisatoadjective

provvisorioadjective

makeshift [makeshifts] (temporary substitution)
noun
[UK: ˈmeɪk.ʃɪft]
[US: ˈmeɪk.ʃɪft]

improvvisazionenoun
{f}

ripiegonoun
{m}

night shift [night shifts] (period)
noun
[UK: naɪt ʃɪft]
[US: ˈnaɪt ˈʃɪft]

nottenoun
{f}

terzanoun
{f}

terzo turnonoun
{m}

turno di nottenoun
{m}

turno notturnonoun
{m}

paradigm shift (change in thinking from an accepted point of view to a new one, necessitated by scientific discoveries)
noun
[UK: ˈpæ.rə.daɪm ʃɪft]
[US: ˈpe.rə.ˌdaɪm ˈʃɪft]

cambiamento di paradigmanoun
{m}

mutamento di paradigmanoun
{m}

scienza rivoluzionarianoun
{f}

redshift [redshifts] (change in wavelength)
noun
[UK: rˈedʃɪft]
[US: rˈedʃɪft]

spostamento verso il rossonoun
{m}

semantic shift (linguistics)
noun

mutamento semantico-lessicalenoun
{m}

shape-shifter (person who can transform)
noun

mutaformanoun
{m}