Italian | English |
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pelo noun {m} | hair [hairs](very small distance, or degree, see also: hairbreadth) whisker [whiskers](hair of the beard) |
pelo ispido noun | bristle [bristles](stiff or coarse hair) |
pelo pubico noun | muff [muffs](pubic hair) |
pelo pubico noun {m} | bush [bushes](pubic hair) pubic hair [pubic hairs](collectively) |
Peloponneso proper noun {m} | Peloponnese(region of Greece) |
pelosetto adjective | fuzzy-wuzzy(fuzzy) |
Pelosi proper noun | Pelosi(surname) |
pelosità noun {f} | hairiness(the characteristic of being hairy) |
peloso adjective | hairy [hairier, hairiest](of a person) |
peloso noun {m} | pussy [pussies](anything soft and furry) |
peloso adjective {m} | shaggy [shaggier, shaggiest](with long, thick, and uncombed hair, fur, or wool) |
a bruciapelo adjective | point-blank(so close that a weapon may be aimed directly at its target) |
a bruciapelo adverb | point blank(straight at the target) point-blank(in a direct manner, without hesitation) |
a pelo adverb | bareback(without a saddle) |
ampelografia noun {f} | ampelography(science of grapevine cultivars) |
ampelografico adjective | ampelographic(relating to ampelography) |
ampelologia noun {f} | ampelology(study of the cultivation and production of vines) |
ampeloterapia noun {f} | ampelotherapynoun |
cercare il pelo nell'uovo verb | nitpick [nitpicked, nitpicking, nitpicks](to correct minutiae or find fault) split hairs(to consider fine details) |
il lupo perde il pelo ma non il vizio phrase | a leopard cannot change its spots(one cannot change one's own nature) old habits die hard(established habits are difficult to change) the fox may grow grey but never good(one cannot change one's own nature) the wolf may lose his teeth but never his nature(one cannot change one's own nature) |
per un pelo preposition | by the skin of one's teeth(barely, closely) |
per un pelo noun | near missnoun |
per un pelo adverb | narrowly(closely; by a narrow margin) |
sacco a pelo noun {m} | bedroll(roll of bedding) sleeping bag(padded or insulated bag) |
spelonca noun {f} | cave [caves](large, naturally occurring cavity formed underground) |
talpa senza pelo noun {f} | naked mole ratnoun |
tappeto a pelo lungo e irregolare noun | shag [shags](type of rough carpet pile) |
tira più un pelo di fica che un carro di buoi phrase | one hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen(women have great influence on their male partners) |