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barba

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nouncolloquialfemininemasculine
  1. beard
  2. root, rootlet
  3. barb
  4. bore, drag, yawnan event or action which is boring
  5. uncle, protestant priest

Forms

noun

singularbarba
pluralbarbe
diminutive error-unknown-tagbarbetta
diminutive error-unknown-tagbarbettina

Used in the library

  • Forse il primo Rossi aveva i capelli rossi, o la barba rossa.Perhaps the first Rossi had red hair, or a red beard.A2Rossi, Russo, Esposito
  • La barba del veterinario è bianca da vent'anni.The vet's beard has been white for twenty years.B1Di nuovo, per favore (15) — Again, please (15) (B1)
  • Secondo lo storico Paolo Diacono, il loro nome voleva dire "lunghe barbe".According to the historian Paul the Deacon, their name meant "long beards".B1La Corona Ferrea — The Iron Crown
  • Si tagliò la barba, si fece crescere i capelli e scelse un nome nuovo: Adriano Meis.He shaved off his beard, let his hair grow and chose a new name: Adriano Meis.B1Il fu Mattia Pascal — The Late Mattia Pascal

Other ways to say it

  • ziouncle (male relative); dude

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