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breve

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adjectivefeminineliterarymasculine
  1. brief, short
  2. narrow
  3. short
adverbliterary
  1. briefly
nounfemininemasculineobsolete
  1. shortshort vowel or syllable
  2. brevethe diacritical mark ˘
  3. brevedouble whole note
  4. a document recording a business transaction
  5. an oath sworn by magistrates of a medieval commune

Forms

adjective

singularbreve
pluralbrevi
superlativebrevissimo
adverbbrevemente

noun

singularbreve
pluralbrevi

Used in the library

  • Il messaggio è semplice: la vita è breve.The message is simple: life is short.A1Il Carnevale di Lorenzo — Lorenzo's Carnival
  • Nel 1819 Leopardi scrive una poesia breve: "L'infinito".In 1819 Leopardi writes a short poem: "The Infinite".A1Leopardi e L'infinito — Leopardi and "The Infinite"
  • Passiamo attraverso il parco: è la strada più breve.Let's go through the park: it's the shortest way.A2Di nuovo, per favore (1) — Again, please (1) (A2)
  • Esiste una versione francese dello stesso film, più breve.There's a French version of the same film, a shorter one.A2Di nuovo, per favore (2) — Again, please (2) (A2)

Other ways to say it

  • angustonarrow; stupid; mentally dull
  • brevementeshortly, briefly, in brief, in short, concisely
  • cortoshort
  • strettonarrow; tight

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