vendetta

  • 21vendetta — n. 1) to conduct, lead a vendetta 2) a personal vendetta 3) a vendetta against * * * [ven detə] lead a vendetta a personal vendetta a vendetta against to conduct …

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  • 22vendetta — ven|det|ta [venˈdetə] n [Date: 1800 1900; : Italian; Origin: vengeance , from Latin vindicta; VINDICTIVE] 1.) a situation in which one person or group tries for a long time to harm another person vendetta against ▪ He accused the British media of …

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  • 23vendetta — UK [venˈdetə] / US noun [countable] Word forms vendetta : singular vendetta plural vendettas 1) a situation in which someone has angry and negative feelings towards someone else and keeps trying to harm them or to cause problems for them vendetta …

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  • 24vendetta — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ personal, political VERB + VENDETTA ▪ conduct, pursue, wage ▪ settle PREPOSITION …

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  • 25vendetta — {{hw}}{{vendetta}}{{/hw}}s. f. 1 Offesa, danno più o meno grave inflitto a qlcu. per fargli scontare un torto o un ingiustizia subita: giurare vendetta | Far vendetta di, vendicare | Ricevere –v, essere vendicato; CONTR. Perdono. 2 Castigo: la… …

    Enciclopedia di italiano

  • 26vendetta — ven|det|ta [ ven detə ] noun count 1. ) a situation in which someone has angry and negative feelings toward someone else and keeps trying to harm them or cause problems for them: vendetta against: The right wing press was waging a vendetta… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 27vendetta — [[t]vende̱tə[/t]] vendettas N VAR: oft N against n If one person has a vendetta against another, the first person wants revenge for something the second person did to them in the past. The vice president said the cartoonist has a personal… …

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  • 28vendetta — s. f. 1. rappresaglia, rivincita, rivalsa, contraccambio, faida, ritorsione, ripicca, nemesi (lett.) □ (gerg.) regolamento di conti CONTR. perdono, misericordia 2. (spec. divina) castigo, punizione CONTR. perdono. SFUMATURE …

    Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • 29vendetta — (Voz italiana.) ► sustantivo femenino 1 Venganza de un asesinato por medio de otro asesinato. 2 Estado de enemistad producido por una muerte o una ofensa y que se transmite a toda la familia de la víctima. * * * vendetta (it.; pronunc. [vendéta]) …

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  • 30Vendetta — Blutrache; Rachefeldzug * * * Ven|dẹt|ta 〈[ vɛn ] f.; , dẹt|ten〉 = Blutrache [ital., „Rache“] * * * Ven|dẹt|ta, die; , …tten [ital. vendetta < lat. vindicta = Rache, zu: vindicare = bestrafen, rächen]: ital. Bez. für: Blutrache. * * *… …

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