| inglese > italiano | |
| sugar | |
| 1. sost. (gastronomia) zucchero | |
| 2. sost. (cooloquiale) bella ragazza , bellezza | |
| 3. sost. dolcezza (mia), amore, tesoro | |
| 4. sost. droga, narcotico | |
| 5. verb. zuccherare, inzuccherare | |
| 6. verb. (senso figurato) inzuccherare, addolcire, raddolcire | |
| 7. verb. formare zucchero | |
| 8. verb. formare granuli, divenire granulare | |
| 9. verb. produrre zucchero (o sciroppo) dalla linfa dell'acero da zucchero. | |
| inglese > inglese | |
| sugar | |
| 1. subst. Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink. |  |
| 2. subst. A specific variety of sugar. |  |
| 3. subst. (chemistry) Any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy. |  |
| 4. subst. A small serving of this substance (typically about one teaspoon), used to sweeten a drink. |  |
| He usually has his coffee white with one sugar. |  |
| 5. subst. A term of endearment. |  |
| I'll be with you in a moment, sugar. |  |
| 6. subst. (slang) A kiss. |  |
| 7. subst. (chiefly southern US, slang) Effeminacy in a male, often implying homosexuality. |  |
| I think John has a little bit of sugar in him. |  |
| 8. subst. (informal) Diabetes. |  |
| 9. subst. (dated) Anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance, especially in chemistry. |  |
| Sugar of lead (lead acetate) is a poisonous white crystalline substance with a sweet taste. |  |
| 10. subst. Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words. |  |
| 11. subst. (US, slang) heroin Heroin. |  |
| 12. v. To add sugar to; to sweeten with sugar. |  |
| John heavily sugars his coffee. |  |
| 13. v. To make (something unpleasant) seem less so. |  |
| She has a gift for sugaring what would otherwise be harsh words. |  |
| 14. v. (US, Canada regional) In making maple sugar, to complete the process of boiling down the syrup till it is thick enough to crystallize; to approach or reach the state of granulation; with the prepositi |  |
| 15. v. (entomology) To apply sugar to trees or plants in order to catch moth, moths. |  |
| 16. v. (programming, transitive) To rewrite (source code) using syntactic sugar. |  |
| 17. inter. (informal, euphemistic) Used in place of shit! |  |
| Oh, sugar! |  |
| italiano > inglese | |
| zucchero | |
| 1. n-m. sugar (all senses) |  |