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brought him up

Italian translation: visto che l'hai tirato in ballo/lo hai menzionato

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English term or phrase:brought him up
Italian translation:visto che l'hai tirato in ballo/lo hai menzionato
Entered by: ivan.l (X)

11:35 Apr 22, 2005
English to Italian translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics
English term or phrase: brought him up
Un altro estratto. Si chiede a un bambino cosa ne pensa di Babbo Natale:
"What exactly is your persuasion on the big man? Since you brought him up".

Grazie per l'aiutooooo
Ivan
ivan.l (X)
Local time: 01:38
visto che l'hai tirato in ballo/lo hai menzionato
Explanation:
HTH,

Giovanni
Selected response from:

Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:38
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +10visto che l'hai tirato in ballo/lo hai menzionato
Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL
4 +8(dal momento che) l'hai tirato in ballo
Ilaria Bottelli
4 +1VS
paolopaci
3Visto che mi hai parlato di Babbo Natale, vorrei sapere...
Antonella Amato


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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +10
visto che l'hai tirato in ballo/lo hai menzionato


Explanation:
HTH,

Giovanni

Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 11

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  luskie: un po' qui e un po' lì :)
30 mins
agree  Cristina Giannetti
45 mins
agree  Jordane Boury
1 hr
agree  Rita Bandinelli
1 hr
agree  Ilaria A. Feltre
1 hr
agree  Stefano Asperti
2 hrs
agree  Marina Paris
2 hrs
agree  Liliana Roman-Hamilton
3 hrs
agree  Paola Dentifrigi
4 hrs
agree  ligkiste
2 days 3 hrs
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
(dal momento che) l'hai tirato in ballo


Explanation:
"dal momento che ne hai parlato", "hai affrontato l'argomento" un po' troppo linguaggio formale...

Ilaria Bottelli
Italy
Local time: 01:38
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  silvia b (X)
7 mins
  -> Grazie, Silvia!
agree  Livia D'Ettorre
9 mins
  -> Grazie, Lyuba!
agree  Alberta Batticciotto
14 mins
  -> Grazie, Alberta!
agree  Cristina Giannetti
45 mins
  -> Grazie, Cristina!
agree  Marco Borrelli
47 mins
  -> Grazie, Marco!
agree  Stefano Asperti
2 hrs
  -> Grazie, Stefano!
agree  Liliana Roman-Hamilton
3 hrs
  -> Grazie, Liliana!
agree  Paola Dentifrigi
4 hrs
  -> Grazie, Paola!
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Visto che mi hai parlato di Babbo Natale, vorrei sapere...


Explanation:
tirare in ballo é un'espressione molto idiomatica e perfetta per tradurre qesta frase, ma per rivolgermi ad un bambino utilizzerei un'espressione più semplice, tipo quella che ho riportato sopra. Don't ask me why!

Antonella Amato
Italy
Local time: 01:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
VS


Explanation:

....,dal momento che lo hai nominato.

paolopaci
United States
Local time: 19:38
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  luskie: :-)
1 day 10 hrs
  -> thanx....
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