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cravate-ficelle

Italian translation: cordino

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French term or phrase:cravate-ficelle
Italian translation:cordino
Entered by: Claudia Dalli Cardillo

19:01 Jan 29, 2002
French to Italian translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
French term or phrase: cravate-ficelle
Un endroit glauque où les mormons quetent en desserrant leurs cravate-ficelles.
Liuba
cordino
Explanation:
non ho trovato il termine in un dizionario bilingue, ma un testo sulle cravatte (la Cravatta, idealibri) riporta questo termine che si avvicina all'idea di ficelle (spago, corda).
Spero che possa essere utile
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Claudia Dalli Cardillo
Local time: 15:59
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4Un luogo lugubre dove i mormoni mendicano allentando le loro cravatte di corda
tixi
4cordino
Claudia Dalli Cardillo
4cravatta-cordino
byteman


  

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Un luogo lugubre dove i mormoni mendicano allentando le loro cravatte di corda


Explanation:
Forse "cravatte di corda" non è la miglior traduzione, ma credo che qui si faccia riferimento alle cravatte che usano i mormoni e che sono sottili, come se fossero una corda.
Buon lavoro

tixi
Italy
Local time: 15:59

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Amy Taylor: le cravatte che portano i mormoni non sono molto larghe, ma non sono sottili quanto corda. Magari pensate agli Amish?
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cordino


Explanation:
non ho trovato il termine in un dizionario bilingue, ma un testo sulle cravatte (la Cravatta, idealibri) riporta questo termine che si avvicina all'idea di ficelle (spago, corda).
Spero che possa essere utile

Claudia Dalli Cardillo
Local time: 15:59
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in pair: 68
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cravatta-cordino


Explanation:
questuano sciogliendo le loro cravatte-cordino

byteman
Local time: 15:59
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in pair: 167
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