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mestiere

B1#3,329

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nounmasculine
  1. trade, craft, job, occupation, profession, work
  2. skill, expertise, experience
  3. housework, household chores

Forms

noun

singularmestiere
pluralmestieri

Used in the library

  • Il bagnino deve esercitare il mestiere con il brevetto.The lifeguard has to practise the trade with a certificate.B1Di nuovo, per favore (18) — Again, please (18) (B1)
  • Il mestiere si impara in reparto, non sul libro.The trade is learnt on the ward, not in the book.B1Di nuovo, per favore (17) — Again, please (17) (B1)
  • Là aveva imparato il mestiere di fonditore, cioè di chi dà forma al metallo fuso.There he had learnt the trade of a foundryman, someone who gives shape to molten metal.B1La moka — The Moka Pot
  • Per questo ci sono otto gigli, uno per ogni antico mestiere, e una barca, quella del santo.That's why there are eight gigli, one for each old trade, and a boat, the saint's.B1Sotto il giglio — Under the Giglio

Other ways to say it

  • abilitàability, skill; cleverness
  • esperienzaexperience
  • lavorowork (all senses); labour/labor
  • occupazioneoccupation (the act of occupying and the state of being occupied); occupation, activity, job, employment, work, business
  • professioneprofession, occupation; profession, declaration, acknowledgement

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