Parola del giorno in inglese

can

Definizioni

inglese > italiano
can
1. potere; essere capace di, essere disponibile di, saper fare qualcosa
Jake can swim.: Jake sa nuotare.
Can you pass me the cheese?: Potresti passarmi il formaggio?
2. (informale) usato al posto di may, chiedere permesso
Can I borrow your cell phone?: Posso prendere in prestito il tuo telefonino?
3. conservare in una scatola o una lattina
They spent August canning fruit and vegetables.: Hanno trascorso tutto l'agosto a conservare frutta e verdura.
4. buttare via, cestinare, terminare
He canned the idea.: Ha cestinato l'idea.
5. (informale) tacere, stare zitto
Can it!: Sta' zitto!
6. (eufemismo) licenziare
The boss canned two employees.: Il capo ha licenziato due impiegati.
7. sost. latta, lattina, scatola, barattolo
8. sost. annaffiatoio
9. sost. scatoletta
10. sost. (slang) (US) cesso
11. sost. (slang) (US) natica
inglese > inglese
can
1. v. (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to.
She can speak English, French, and German. I can play football. Can you remember your fifth birthday?
2. v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
You can go outside and play when you're finished with your homework. Can I use your pen?
3. v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible.
Can it be Friday already?
Teenagers can really try their parents' patience.
Animals can experience emotions.
4. v. (auxiliary verb, defective) Used with verbs of perception.
Can you hear that?.
I can feel the baby moving inside me.
5. v. (obsolete, transitive) To know.
6. subst. A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium, but sometimes of plastic, and with a carrying handle over the top.
7. subst. A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
8. subst. A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish.
9. subst. (archaic) A chamber pot, now (US, slang) a toilet or lavatory.
Shit or get off the can.
Bob's in the can. You can wait a few minutes or just leave it with me.
10. subst. (US, slang) Buttocks.
11. subst. (slang) Jail or prison.
Bob's in the can. He won't be back for a few years.
12. subst. (slang) Headphones.
13. subst. (archaic) A drinking cup.
14. subst. (nautical) A cube-shaped buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark
15. subst. A chimney pot.
16. v. To preserve, by heating and sealing in a can or jar.
They spent August canning fruit and vegetables.
17. v. to discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
He canned the whole project because he thought it would fail.
18. v. To shut up.
Can your gob.
19. v. (US, euphemistic) To fire or dismiss an employee.
The boss canned him for speaking out.