Italian | English |
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palle noun {f-Pl} | ball [balls](in plural — slang — courage) balls(bravery) cojones((slang) courage) |
palle noun {m-Pl} | bollocks(testicles) |
palleggiare verb | knock up(practice or warm up before a tennis match) |
palleggiatore noun {m} | setter [setters](volleyball player) |
palleggiatrice noun {f} | setter [setters](volleyball player) |
palleggio noun {m} | knock-up(short practise session) |
pallet noun {m} | pallet [pallets](a portable platform) |
alle spalle preposition | behind someone's back(secretly) |
avere la testa sulle spalle verb | have one's head screwed onverb |
averla formichiera spallebianche noun | white-shouldered antshrike(passerine bird) |
bruciarsi i ponti alle spalle verb | cross the Rubicon(to make an irreversible decision) |
colpire alle spalle verb | backstab [backstabbed, backstabbing, backstabs](to attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly) |
far girare le palle verb | piss off(to annoy) |
gettarsi dietro le spalle verb | put behind one(try to forget a negative experience) |
guardarsi alle spalle verb | look over one's shoulder(check obsessively out of fear) |
lotta di palle di neve noun | snowball fight(play fight) |
parlare alle spalle verb | backbite [backbit, backbitten, backbiting, backbites](to make defamatory statements about another) |
poiana spallerosse noun {f} | red-shouldered hawk(Buteo lineatus) |
raccattapalle noun | ball boy(A male person responsible for retrieving balls) |
rompere le palle verb | break someone's balls(to irritate someone) bust someone's balls(to irritate someone) |
rompipalle noun {m} | pain in the ass(something that causes discomfort) troublemaker [troublemakers](one who causes trouble, especially deliberately) |
spalle al muro preposition | over a barrel(in a helpless situation) |
spalle al muro noun | back to the wall(very difficult situation) |
spalleggiamento noun {m} | backstop [backstops](thing or a person to support) |
spalleggiare verb | have someone's back(be prepared and willing to support or defend someone) |
spalletta noun {f} | parapet(a low retaining wall) |
tenere per le palle verb | get by the balls(to have complete control over someone) |
togliersi dalle palle verb | get out of Dodgeverb |
transpallet noun {m} | pallet jack(manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets) |
un paio di palle interjection | my ass(Indicates disapproval, disagreement, or disbelief) |