What does bidone in Italian mean?
What is the meaning of the word bidone in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use bidone in Italian.
The word bidone in Italian means can, trash can, piece of junk, no-show, dustbin, let someone down, not show up, cheat, hoax, not show up, stand someone up. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word bidone
cansostantivo maschile (recipiente cilindrico) (US) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Quei bidoni nell'angolo contengono benzina. Those cans (or: bins) in the corner contain petrol. |
trash cansostantivo maschile (dell'immondizia) (trash container, US) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Buttalo nel bidone! Throw it in the bin! |
piece of junksostantivo maschile (figurato, colloquiale (cosa dozzinale, truffa) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Questa macchina usata è un bidone, si è fermata dopo due chilometri. This used car is a piece of junk, it broke down after two kilometres. |
no-showsostantivo maschile (figurato, colloquiale (mancato appuntamento) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Giorgio mi ha tirato un bidone, l'ho aspettato per due ore e poi me ne sono andato via. Giorgio stood me up. |
dustbinsostantivo maschile (contenitore per rifiuti, cassonetto) |
let someone down
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not show up
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cheat, hoaxverbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (idiomatico, informale (imbrogliare) |
not show up, stand someone upverbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (idiomatico, informale (non presentarsi a un appuntamento) Marco mi ha tirato un altro bidone e ora non lo invito più da nessuna parte. Marco stood me up and I'm now no longer going to invite him anywhere. |
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