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Aveva un bel vestito addosso.

Translation

He was wearing a beautiful suit.



Analysis


aveva
     1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of avere
     avere
          1. v. to have
          2. v. (auxiliary) to have
          3. n. property, substance
          4. n. (in the plural) belongings
          5. n. credit, assets
          6. n. swag
un
     1. art. an, a
     2. n. one
     3. adj. one
     4. pron. one
bel
     1. adj. preconsonantal masculine singular form of bello
vestito
     1. adj. dressed, clothed
     2. n. suit, dress, frock, clothes
     3. n. (in the plural) clothing
     4. v. past participle of vestire (feminine: vestita, masculine plural: vestiti, feminine plural: vestite)
     5. v. past participle of vestirsi
     vestire
          1. v. to dress
          2. v. to clothe
          3. v. to make somebody's clothes
          4. v. to wear, put on
          5. v. to fit
          6. v. (intransitive) to be dressed, dress, wear
addosso
     1. adv. on (one's person)
     2. prep. (followed by (m, it, a)) on, next to
     3. v. first-person singular present indicative of addossare
     addossare
          1. v. to lean something against something else
          2. v. to lay, saddle, entrust, charge, burden, shoulder, take, put down to, chalk up to




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