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sire meaning in English

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sire noun
{m}

sire [sires](lord, master, or person in authority)
noun
[UK: ˈsaɪə(r)] [US: ˈsaɪər]

sirena noun
{f}

mermaid [mermaids](mythological woman with a fish’s tail)
noun
[UK: ˈmɜː.meɪd] [US: ˈmɝː.ˌmed]
Mary is a mermaid. = Mary è una sirena.

sirenetta noun
{f}

nymph [nymphs](young girl who may inspire lust)
noun
[UK: nɪmf] [US: ˈnɪmf]

acquisire verb

acquire [acquired, acquiring, acquires](to get)
verb
[UK: ə.ˈkwaɪə(r)] [US: ə.ˈkwaɪər]
Beer is an acquired taste. = La birra è un sapore acquisito.

gain [gained, gaining, gains](acquire)
verb
[UK: ɡeɪn] [US: ˈɡeɪn]
It's important to gain different perspectives. = È importante acquisire prospettive diverse.

take on(To acquire, bring in, or introduce)
verb
[UK: teɪk ɒn ˈsʌm.bə.di] [US: ˈteɪk ɑːn ˈsʌm.ˌbɑː.di]

take over(to buy out)
verb
[UK: teɪk ˈəʊv.ə(r)] [US: ˈteɪk ˈoʊv.r̩]

ammansire verb

tame [tamed, taming, tames](to make something tame)
verb
[UK: teɪm] [US: ˈteɪm]

appassire verb

sweat [sweated, sweating, sweats](transitive: to cook slowly without browning)
verb
[UK: swet] [US: ˈswet]

wilt [wilted, wilting, wilts](to droop)
verb
[UK: wɪlt] [US: ˈwɪlt]

wither [withered, withering, withers]((intransitive) shrivel, droop, dry up)
verb
[UK: ˈwɪ.ðə(r)] [US: ˈwɪ.ðər]
The flowers have all withered. = I fiori sono tutti appassiti.

arrossire verb

blush [blushed, blushing, blushes](to redden in the face from shame, excitement or embarrassment)
verb
[UK: blʌʃ] [US: ˈbləʃ]
Are you blushing? = Sta arrossendo?

flush [flushed, flushing, flushes](to become suffused with reddish color)
verb
[UK: flʌʃ] [US: ˈfləʃ]

canto della sirena noun
{m}

siren song(enticing but dangerous appeal)
noun

censire verb

census(collect a census)
verb
[UK: ˈsen.səs] [US: ˈsen.səs]

impreziosire verb

embellish [embellished, embellishing, embellishes](to make more beautiful and attractive)
verb
[UK: ɪm.ˈbe.lɪʃ] [US: em.ˈbe.lɪʃ]

refine [refined, refining, refines](to affect nicety or subtlety in thought or language)
verb
[UK: rɪ.ˈfaɪn] [US: rə.ˈfaɪn]

innervosire verb

flurry [flurried, flurrying, flurries](agitate)
verb
[UK: ˈflʌ.ri] [US: ˈflɜː.ri]

get one's knickers in a twist(to become overwrought or unnecessarily upset over a trivial matter)
verb

upset [upset, upsetting, upsets](make (a person) angry, distressed or unhappy)
verb
[UK: ˌʌp.ˈset] [US: əp.ˈset]
Everything he says upsets me. = Tutto quello che dice mi innervosisce.

vex [vexed, vexing, vexes](to annoy)
verb
[UK: veks] [US: ˈveks]

recensire verb

review [reviewed, reviewing, reviews](to write a review)
verb
[UK: rɪ.ˈvjuː] [US: ˌri.ˈvjuː]

requisire verb

commandeer [commandeered, commandeering, commandeers](to seize for military use)
verb
[UK: ˌkɒ.mən.ˈdɪə(r)] [US: ˌkɑː.mən.ˈdɪr]

impound [impounded, impounding, impounds](to hold in the custody of a court or its delegate)
verb
[UK: ɪm.ˈpaʊnd] [US: ˌɪm.ˈpaʊnd]

impress [impressed, impressing, impresses](seize or confiscate (property) by force)
verb
[UK: ɪm.ˈpres] [US: ˌɪm.ˈpres]

requisition [requisitioned, requisitioning, requisitions](to demand something)
verb
[UK: ˌre.kwɪ.ˈzɪʃ.n̩] [US: ˌre.kwə.ˈzɪʃ.n̩]

suono di sirena noun
{m}

wail [wails](emergency vehicle siren)
noun
[UK: weɪl] [US: ˈweɪl]

tossire verb

cough [coughed, coughing, coughs](make a noise like a cough)
verb
[UK: kɒf] [US: ˈkɑːf]
Why is John coughing today? = Perché John sta tossendo oggi?

hack [hacked, hacking, hacks](to cough noisily)
verb
[UK: hæk] [US: ˈhæk]