banale
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adjective
- banal, cliché, trite
- trivial, unimportant, mere, ordinary, common
- dull, uninterestingof person
- said of a solution of a problem that is trivial, e.g. when variables are all zero
Forms
adjective
| singular | banale |
|---|---|
| plural | banali |
| superlative | banalissimo |
Used in the library
- Il finale è banale, ma il pubblico piange lo stesso.The ending is trite, but the audience cries anyway.B2Di nuovo, per favore (5) — Again, please (5) (B2)
- La domanda del giornalista è banale, e il regista sbadiglia.The journalist's question is trivial, and the director yawns.B2Di nuovo, per favore (28) — Again, please (28) (B2)
- La domanda dell'ospite è banale, ma la nonna risponde con pazienza.The guest's question is trivial, but the grandmother answers patiently.B2Di nuovo, per favore (17) — Again, please (17) (B2)
Other ways to say it
- andantegoing, walking; current (month)
- comunemutual, common; usual, ordinary, common
- consuetousual, habitual, ordinary, customary
- convenzionaleconventional
- correnterunning (of water); current, valid (in use)
- dozzinaleordinary, cheap, second-rate
- insipidotasteless, insipid; namby-pamby
- insulsodull, silly, foolish; insipid, namby-pamby