Italian | English |
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braccio noun {f} | cheek [cheeks](nautical: a piece of wood cut out fork-shaped in which the brake is fastened) |
braccio noun {m} | arm [arms](upper appendage from shoulder to wrist) beam [beams](crossbar of a balance) fathom(distance between an adult man’s arms stretched out away from the sides of his torso; unit of length for water depth equivalent to six feet (about 1.8 metres)) |
braccio armato noun {m} | arm [arms](figurative: power; might; strength; support) |
braccio d'acqua noun {m} | arm [arms](bay or inlet) |
braccio della legge noun | long arm of the law(influence or effectiveness of law enforcement) |
braccio della morte noun {m} | death row [death rows](section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death) |
braccio della tromba noun {f} | cheek [cheeks](nautical: a piece of wood cut out fork-shaped in which the brake is fastened) |
braccio destro noun {m} | right-hand man(trusted assistant) |
braccio di ferro noun | confrontation [confrontations](the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face) |
braccio di ferro noun {m} | arm wrestling(a sport) |
Braccio di Ferro proper noun {m} | Popeye(tough cartoon sailor) |
braccio di terra noun {m} | isthmus [isthmuses](strip of land) |
braccio mobile noun | jib [jibs](projecting arm of a crane) |
braccio secolare noun {m} | secular arm(lay authority of a secular judge to punish an offender tried in an ecclesiastical court) |
bracciolo noun | armrest [armrests](part of a seat) |
abbraccio noun {m} | brace [braces](that which holds tightly) embrace [embraces](act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest, see also: hug) hug [hugs](affectionate embrace) |
avambraccio noun {m} | forearm [forearms](part of the arm) |
fare a braccio di ferro verb | arm-wrestle(to compete in an arm-wrestle) |
parlare a braccio verb | extemporize [extemporized, extemporizing, extemporizes](to act, particularly to perform or speak, without prior planning or thought) improvise [improvised, improvising, improvises](to make something up as one goes on) |
sotto il braccio preposition | under one's arm(between one's arm and torso) |
sottobraccio adverb {m} | arm in arm(arms linked or around each other's shoulder or waist) |