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Giovanni non è per niente stupido

Translation

Giovanni is by no means stupid.



Analysis


Giovanni
non
     1. adv. not
     2. adv. un-
     3. adv. don't
è
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of essere; is
     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
per
     1. prep. for
     2. prep. to (indicates direction)
     3. prep. through
     4. prep. in or on
     5. prep. by
     6. prep. with
     7. prep. as
niente
     1. pron. nothing
     2. pron. anything
     3. adj. (informal) no, (after a negative) any
     4. adv. at all
     5. adv. nothing, anything
     6. n. nothing
per niente
     1. adv. by no means, in no way, not in the least, the least bit
     2. adv. (after a negative) in the least, by any means, in an way
stupido
     1. adj. stupid, daft
     2. n-m. idiot, fool, moron, clot




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