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elefante meaning in English

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elefante noun
{m}

elephant [elephants](mammal)
noun
[UK: ˈe.lɪ.fənt] [US: ˈe.lə.fənt]
I have an elephant. = Ho un elefante.

elefante bianco noun
{m}

white elephant(mammal)
noun
[UK: waɪt ˈe.lɪ.fənt] [US: ˈwaɪt ˈe.lə.fənt]

elefante marino noun
{m}

elephant seal [elephant seals](mammal of the genus Mirounga)
noun
[UK: ˈe.lɪ.fənt siːl] [US: ˈe.lə.fənt ˈsiːl]

elefante nella stanza noun

elephant in the room(problem that is obvious but ignored)
noun

elefantessa noun
{f}

cow [cows](female of various species of mammal)
noun
[UK: kaʊ] [US: ˈkaʊ]

come un elefante in una cristalleria adjective

like a bull in a china shop(clumsy, aggressive)
adjective
[UK: ˈlaɪk ə bʊl ɪn ə ˈtʃaɪ.nə ʃɒp] [US: ˈlaɪk ə ˈbʊl ɪn ə ˈtʃaɪ.nə ˈʃɑːp]

come un elefante in una cristalleria adverb

like a bull in a china shop(clumsily, aggressively)
adverb
[UK: ˈlaɪk ə bʊl ɪn ə ˈtʃaɪ.nə ʃɒp] [US: ˈlaɪk ə ˈbʊl ɪn ə ˈtʃaɪ.nə ˈʃɑːp]

fare di una mosca un elefante verb

make a mountain out of a molehill(to treat a problem as greater than it is)
verb

squalo elefante noun
{m}

basking shark [basking sharks](Cetorhinus maximus)
noun
[UK: ˈbɑːsk.ɪŋ ʃɑːk] [US: ˈbæsk.ɪŋ ˈʃɑːrk]

toporagno elefante noun
{m}

elephant shrew(Any member of the order Macroscelidea)
noun