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misero




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Italian > English
misero
     1. adj. bleak, miserable, unhappy, wretched
     2. adj. (by extension) destitute, indigent, poor
     3. adj. (by extension) poor, underdeveloped
     4. adj. inadequate, insufficient, meager
           Un misero salario. - A meager salary.
     5. adj. contemptible, despicable, miserable, sleazy
     6. adj. (archaic) avaricious, covetous, stingy, ungenerous
mettere
     1. v. to put, place, lay, set
     2. v. to deposit
     3. v. to bet, wager
     4. v. to cut (new teeth)
     5. v. to charge (item on sale)
     6. v. (intransitive) to give, lead onto
     7. v. (intransitive) to suppose
     8. v. (intransitive) to don, put on, draw up
Italian > Italian
misero
     1. agg. di persona povera che vive in miseria, che non ha molto
     2. agg. insufficiente, scarso, privo di mezzi
     3. agg. (senso figurato) persona amareggiata
     4. verb. terza persona plurale dell'indicativo passato remoto di mettere

Example Sentences

Hanno guardato la mia foto scattata quando ero ragazzo e si misero a ridere. 
    They looked at the photo taken of me when I was a boy and laughed.



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