| inglese > italiano | |
| boy | |
| 1. sost. bambino | |
| 2. sost. (Glossa;giovane) ragazzo | |
| inglese > inglese | |
| boy | |
| 1. subst. A young male, particularly |  |
| Kate is dating a boy named Jim. |  |
| 2. subst. A male child or teenager, as distinguished from infants or adults. |  |
| 3. subst. (diminutive) A male child: a son of any age. |  |
| 4. subst. (affectionate, diminutive) A male of any age, particularly one rather younger than the speaker. |  |
| 5. subst. (obsolete) A male of low station, (especially as pejorative) a worthless male, a wretch; a mean and dishonest male, a knave. |  |
| 6. subst. (now rare and usually offensive outside some Commonwealth nations) A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee, particularly: |  |
| 7. subst. A younger such worker. |  |
| 8. subst. (historical, or offensive) A non-white male servant regardless of age, particularly as a form of address. |  |
| 9. subst. (obsolete) A male camp follower. |  |
| 10. subst. (now offensive) Any non-white male, regardless of age. |  |
| 11. subst. A male animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male dog. |  |
| C'mere, boy! Good boy! Who's a good boy? |  |
| Are you getting a boy cat or a girl cat? |  |
| 12. subst. (historical, military) A former low rank of various armed services; a holder of this rank. |  |
| 13. subst. (US, slang) Heroin. |  |
| 14. inter. Exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing. |  |
| Boy, that was close! |  |
| Boy, that tastes good! |  |
| Boy, I wish I could go to Canada! |  |
| 15. v. to use the word boy to refer to someone |  |
| Don't boy me! |  |
| 16. v. to act as a boy (in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage) |  |
| italiano > inglese | |
| ragazzo | |
| 1. n-m. boy, young man |  |
| 2. n-m. boyfriend |  |
| 3. n-m. (obsolete) young apprentice (e.g. in a workshop) |  |