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Quel tipo è un poco di buono

Translation

That guy is a crook.



Analysis


quel
     1. adj. Apocopic form of quello, used before a consonant that is not impure.
tipo
     1. adj. standard, model, average, stock
     2. adv. (colloquial) indicating approximation or uncertainty; like, kinda
     3. n-m. type, standard, pattern
     4. n-m. type, kind, sort, quality, model, style
     5. n-m. (familiar) type, person, fellow, guy, bloke, character, chap, turn
     6. n-m. phylum (taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class
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
un
     1. art. an, a
     2. n. one
     3. adj. one
     4. pron. one
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)
un poco
     1. adv. alternative form of un po'
di
     1. prep. (ngd, Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner); ’s
     2. prep. from
     3. prep. ’s
     4. prep. than
     5. prep. (ngd, Used in superlative forms); in, of
     6. prep. about, on, concerning
     7. prep. (ngd, Expresses composition); of, made of, in or more often omitted
     8. prep. (followed by an infinitive) to or omitted
     9. prep. (ngd, Used with the definite article in partitive constructions); some
     10. prep. ngd, Used in some expressions in a partitive-like function, often without article.
un poco di
     1. adj. Variant of un po' di.
buono
     1. adj. good
     2. adj. fair
     3. n. coupon, voucher
     4. n. bill, bond (financial)
poco di buono
     1. n. bad lot
     2. n. slut (sexually promiscuous woman)




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