| inglese > italiano | |
| friend | |
| 1. sost. amico/a | |
| 2. sost. fidanzato/a, ragazzo/a | |
| 3. sost. sostenitore/sostenitrice | |
| 4. verb. essere amico di qualcuno., farsi amico qualcuno. | |
| inglese > inglese | |
| friend | |
| 1. subst. A person other than a family member, spouse or lover whose company one enjoys and towards whom one feels affection. |  |
| John and I have been friends ever since we were roommates at college. Trust is important between friends. I used to find it hard to make friends when I was shy. |  |
| 2. subst. A boyfriend or girlfriend. |  |
| 3. subst. An associate who provides assistance. |  |
| The Automobile Association is every motorist's friend. The police is every law-abiding citizen's friend. |  |
| 4. subst. A person with whom one is vaguely or indirectly acquainted |  |
| a friend of a friend; I added him as a friend on Facebook, but I hardly know him. |  |
| 5. subst. A person who backs or supports something. |  |
| I’m not a friend of cheap wine. |  |
| 6. subst. (informal) An object or idea that can be used for good. |  |
| Wiktionary is your friend. |  |
| 7. subst. (colloquial, ironic, used only in the vocative) Used as a form of address when warning someone. |  |
| You’d better watch it, friend. |  |
| 8. subst. (object-oriented programming) A function or class granted special access to the private and protected members of another class. |  |
| 9. subst. (climbing) A spring-loaded camming device. |  |
| 10. subst. (obsolete) A paramour of either sex. |  |
| 11. subst. (Scotland, obsolete) A relative. |  |
| 12. v. (transitive, obsolete) To act as a friend to, to befriend; to be friendly to, to help. |  |
| 13. v. To add (a person) to a list of friends on a social networking site; to officially designate (someone) as a friend. |  |
| italiano > inglese | |
| amico | |
| 1. n-m. friend, companion, partner |  |
| 2. n-m. boyfriend |  |