| inglese > italiano | |
| uncle | |
| 1. sost. zio m | |
| inglese > inglese | |
| uncle | |
| 1. subst. The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent. |  |
| 2. subst. (euphemistic) A companion to one's (usually unmarried) mother. |  |
| 3. subst. (figuratively) A source of advice, encouragement, or help. |  |
| 4. subst. (UK, informal, dated) A pawnbroker. |  |
| 5. subst. (especially in the Southern US, parts of UK, and Asia) An affectionate term for a man of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin. |  |
| 6. subst. (Southern US, slang) An older male African-American person. |  |
| 7. inter. A cry used to indicate surrender. |  |
| 8. v. (transitive, colloquial) To address somebody by the term uncle. |  |
| 9. v. (intransitive, colloquial) To act like, or as, an uncle. |  |
| italiano > inglese | |
| zio | |
| 1. n-m. uncle (male relative) |  |
| 2. n-m. (slang) dude |  |