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abbastanza

English translation: quite soft o rather soft

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Italian term or phrase:abbastanza morbido (vino)
English translation:quite soft o rather soft
Entered by: Massimo Gaido

21:57 May 9, 2002
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Italian term or phrase: abbastanza
rather o quite?
nelle scale di valutazione del vino e`rather o quite soft, per dire abbastanza morbido?
Paola Guzzetta
Italy
Local time: 03:25
"quite soft", o "rather soft"
Explanation:
Credo vadano bene tutti e due.
Come alternativa ho anche visto usare
"velvety wine"
Ciao,
M.
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Massimo Gaido
United States
Local time: 20:25
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3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2subtle soft wine
Massimo Lencioni
4 +2v.s. ------> abbastanza
Gian
4 +2"quite soft", o "rather soft"
Massimo Gaido


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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
v.s. ------> abbastanza


Explanation:
rather = piuttosto (rather dear)
fairly = discretamente (fairly accurate)
enough = sufficientemente (well enough)

Io opterei per "enough"

Gian
Italy
Local time: 03:25
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in pair: 5394

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agree  Tussing
58 mins
agree  robrug
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
"quite soft", o "rather soft"


Explanation:
Credo vadano bene tutti e due.
Come alternativa ho anche visto usare
"velvety wine"
Ciao,
M.

Massimo Gaido
United States
Local time: 20:25
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in pair: 1978

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agree  swisstell
16 mins
agree  gmel117608
1 day 14 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
subtle soft wine


Explanation:
Secondo me in inglese non torna molto con parole come "rather" or "quite", perché fanno pensare quasi a un difetto del vino. Per introdurre comunque un po' di nuance opterei per "subtle soft wine".


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Note added at 2002-05-10 22:08:47 (GMT)
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Direi che \'subtle soft wine\" va bene se usata in una frase, ma se ti serve un termine da elenco ti consiglierei di usare \"a rather soft wine\", perché suona bene sia \"rather soft wine\" che \"rather soft\" da solo. Invece \"a quite soft wine\" non mi sembra grammaticale: diventerebbe \"quite a soft wine\".

Massimo Lencioni
Local time: 03:25
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in pair: 23

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  CLS Lexi-tech: ma "subtly" ciao
57 mins
  -> I didn't mean subtly as a modifier of "soft, but "subtle": as an additional adjective
agree  Hege Jakobsen Lepri
7 hrs
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