sollevatore

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sol.le.vaˈto.re/
  • Rhymes: -ore
  • Hyphenation: sol‧le‧va‧tó‧re
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Adjective

sollevatore (feminine sollevatrice, masculine plural sollevatori, feminine plural sollevatrici)

  1. (relational) lift; lifting, hoisting

Noun

sollevatore m (plural sollevatori, feminine sollevatrice)

  1. (sports) weightlifter
    Synonyms: pesista, sollevatore di pesi (literally “lifter of weights”)
  2. lifter
  3. jack (tool)
    Synonyms: crick, martinetto

Usage notes

For the sense weightlifter, a parody idiom informally exists: sollevatore di polemiche ("dispute-lifter"), to imply that the person is a blabbermouth and a chatterbox or to ridicule them as to be so alien to physical exercise that the closest thing would be to entangle themselves with useless words.

Noun

sollevatore m (plural sollevatori)

  1. lift, hoist, hitch
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