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Alla fine me la sono cavata con poco danno.

Translation

At the end, I got away with a little damage.



Analysis


alla
     1. contraction. contraction of a la; to the, at the
     2. prep. it-prep
     3. prep. -style
fine
     1. adj. thin
     2. adj. fine
     3. adj. refined
     4. adj. feminine plural of fino
     5. n. end
     6. n. aim, purpose, end
alla fine
     1. adv. on one's last legs, at wit's end
     2. adv. at the end
     3. adv. Variant of alfine
me
     1. pron. (disjunctive, emphatic) me
     2. pron. alternative form of mi
la
     1. art. the
     2. pron. (accusative) her, it
     3. pron. (accusative, formal) you (term of respect)
     4. n. (music) la (musical note)
     5. n. (music) A (musical note and scale)
sono
     1. v. first-person singular present of essere; (I) [[am]], [[I'm]].
     2. v. third-person plural present of essere; (they) [[are]], [[they're]].
     3. n. alternative form of suono
     essere
          1. v. (intransitive, indicating existence, identity, location, or state) to be, to stay
          2. v. (auxiliary, used to form composite past tense of many intransitive verbs) to have (done something); to
          3. v. (impersonal, of a duration of time since an event) to have passed
          4. n. being
cavata
     1. Participle. feminine singular of cavato
     cavato
          1. v. past participle of cavare (feminine: cavata, masculine plural: cavati, feminine plural: cavate)
          2. v. past participle of cavarsi
con
     1. prep. with, together
     2. prep. (rowing) coxed
poco
     1. adv. little, not much
     2. adv. (followed by an adjective) little, not very, poorly
     3. adv. (time) a little, a while, a short time
     4. adj. little, not much
     5. adj. few, not many
     6. adj. (of time) short, little
     7. n-m. little
     8. pron. little, not much
     9. pron. (in the plural) few, not many
     10. pron. nearly, not long, short, little (time)
danno
     1. n. damage, harm, injury
     2. n. mischief
     3. v. first-person singular present indicative of dannare
     4. v. third-person plural present indicative of dare
     dannare
          1. v. to damn
     dare
          1. v. to give, to transfer the possession/holding of something to someone else
          2. v. to yield, to bear, to give, to produce, to return
          3. n. debit




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