rock - Dizionario inglese-italiano WordReference (original) (raw)
WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2026:
| Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali | ||
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| Inglese | Italiano | |
| rock n | (individual stone) | pietra nf |
| sasso nm | ||
| A demonstrator threw a rock. | ||
| Un manifestante ha lanciato una pietra. | ||
| rock n | (stone mass) | masso nm |
| A giant rock sits on the hill. | ||
| Sopra la collina c'è un enorme masso. | ||
| rock n | uncountable (hard substance: mineral) | roccia nf |
| We must dig through solid rock. | ||
| Bisogna scavare la roccia compatta. | ||
| rock n | (pop music: rock and roll) (musica) | rock nm |
| musica rock nf | ||
| Elvis played rock. | ||
| Elvis suonava rock. | ||
| rock [sth]⇒ vtr | (shake violently) | far oscillare⇒, far tremare⇒, far vibrare⇒ vtr |
| scuotere⇒ vtr | ||
| The explosion rocked the building. | ||
| L'esplosione ha fatto tremare l'edificio. | ||
| L'esplosione ha scosso l'edificio. | ||
| rock [sth] vtr | (make unstable) | far oscillare⇒ vtr |
| The rowers' movement rocked the boat. | ||
| Il movimento dei rematori faceva oscillare la barca. | ||
| rock⇒ vi | (move back and forth) | oscillare⇒, dondolare⇒ vi |
| The chair began to rock. | ||
| La sedia ha iniziato ad oscillare. | ||
| rock [sb]⇒ vtr | (baby: move side to side) | cullare⇒ vtr |
| The mother sang her baby a lullaby as she rocked him in her arms. | ||
| La madre cantò una ninna nanna al suo bambino, mentre lo cullava tra le sue braccia. |
WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2026:
| Traduzioni aggiuntive | ||
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| Inglese | Italiano | |
| rock n | figurative (point of stability) (figurato: persona) | supporto, sostegno nm |
| My brother is my rock. | ||
| Mio fratello è il mio supporto morale. | ||
| rock n | UK, uncountable (long stick of hard candy) | stecche di caramelle nfpl |
| She brought back sticks of rock from her holiday at the seaside. | ||
| Ha riportato molte stecche di caramelle dalla sua vacanza al mare. | ||
| rock n | slang (diamond) (pietra preziosa) | pietra nf |
| That's quite a rock you're wearing. | ||
| È una bella pietra quella che hai indosso. | ||
| rock n | slang (cocaine) (colloquiale) | coca nf |
| The junkies are smoking rock. | ||
| I tossici stanno fumando coca. | ||
| rock n | (rocking) | rollio, dondolio nm |
| The rock of the ship was hypnotic. | ||
| Il rollio della barca era ipnotico. | ||
| rock n as adj | (relating to rock and roll) (relativo all'omonimo genere) | rock agg invar |
| The guitarist has released two albums of classical music and a rock album. | ||
| rock⇒ vi | (shake violently) | oscillare⇒, tremare⇒, vibrare⇒ vi |
| The entire plane rocked. | ||
| L'intero aereo ha tremato. | ||
| rock vi | (play rock music) | suonare rock, suonare il rock, suonare musica rock vtr |
| That new band likes to rock. | ||
| A quel nuovo gruppo piace suonare rock. | ||
| rock vi | slang (be exciting) (colloquiale) | essere uno sballo vi |
| (colloquiale) | essere figo, essere fico, essere una figata vi | |
| (gergale) | spaccare⇒ vi | |
| This roller coaster rocks! | ||
| Quest'ottovolante è uno sballo! | ||
| Quest'ottovolante è una figata! | ||
| rock vi | (dance to rock music) | ballare⇒ vi |
| The band is playing. Let's rock! | ||
| La banda sta suonando. Balliamo! | ||
| rock [sb/sth]⇒ vtr | (disturb, upset) | scuotere⇒ vtr |
| The crisis rocked them from their routine. | ||
| La crisi li ha scossi dalla solita routine. | ||
| rock [sth]⇒ vtr | slang (clothing, look: wear with style) (vestiti, ecc.) | stare bene in, stare alla grande in, stare bene con, stare alla grande con vi |
| ostentare⇒ vtr | ||
| (gergale) | spaccare⇒ vi | |
| Nota: Commonly used in the continuous. | ||
| She's rocking the goth look today. | ||
| Sta alla grande oggi con quel look gotico. |
WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2026:
| Verbi frasali | ||
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| Inglese | Italiano | |
| rock out vi phrasal | slang (listen to pop music) | scatenarsi col rock, scatenarsi al ritmo del rock v rif |
| Mary was wearing headphones and rocking out. | ||
| Mary indossava le cuffie e si scatenava col rock. |
WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2026:
| Compound Forms/Forme composte | ||
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| Inglese | Italiano | |
| acid rock n | (psychedelic music style) (genere musicale) | acid rock nm |
| The band plays acid rock. | ||
| alternative rock, alternative music n | (genre of rock music) (genere musicale) | rock alternativo nm |
| (genere musicale) | alternative rock nm | |
| The radio station plays a lot of alternative rock. | ||
| between a rock and a hard place expr | (facing two bad choices) (espressione) | tra l'incudine e il martello loc agg |
| between the devil and the deep blue sea, between a rock and a hard place, between Scylla and Charybdis expr | figurative (facing a dilemma) (idiomatico: scelta difficile) | tra l'incudine e il martello loc avv |
| curling rock n | (sport: heavy stone used in curling) | stone per curling |
| Curling rocks are made of granite. | ||
| don't rock the boat interj | figurative (do not cause trouble) (figurato) | non creare problemi! inter |
| The arrangements are already made, so don't rock the boat. | ||
| È già tutto concordato, quindi non creare problemi. | ||
| folded rock n | (rock formation created by pressure) (geologia) | roccia piegata nf |
| You can clearly see the layers of folded rock in the side of the cliff. | ||
| folk rock n | (music style) | folk rock nm |
| garage rock, garage n | (music: rock style) | garage rock nm |
| Garage rock is a style of music that was first played in the mid-1960s. | ||
| glacial meal, rock flour n | (glacier product) (geologia) | farina glaciale nf |
| go rock climbing v expr | (scale mountains) (sport: arrampicata) | arrampicare⇒ vi |
| Wendy went rock climbing in Snowdonia. | ||
| (sport) | fare arrampicate, fare arrampicate su roccia vtr | |
| (sport: arrampicata) | arrampicarsi⇒ v rif | |
| hard rock n | (heavy form of popular music) | hard rock nm |
| I prefer easy listening and jazz to hard rock. | ||
| hit rock bottom, hit bottom, reach rock bottom v expr | figurative, informal (reach lowest, worst level) (idiomatico) | toccare il fondo vtr |
| Mike hit rock bottom when he failed all his exams. | ||
| Mike ha toccato il fondo quando è stato bocciato in tutti gli esami. | ||
| hoodoo, fairy chimney, tent rock, earth pyramid n | (rock formation) (geologia: guglia) | hoodoo nm |
| (geologia: guglia) | piramide di terra nf | |
| igneous rock n | (rock formed from molten lava) | roccia magmatica nf |
| Little Rock | (geography) | Little Rock |
| mantle rock n | (physical geography) (geologia) | mantello terrestre nf |
| parent rock n | (geology: bedrock) | roccia genitrice nf |
| Marble is formed from the parent rock of limestone. | ||
| Plymouth Rock n | (rock where Mayflower landed) | roccia di Plymouth nf |
| Plymouth Rock n | (town in Massachusetts, USA) (città nel Massachusetts) | Plymouth Rock nf |
| Plymouth Rock n | (American chicken breed) (razza di pollo) | Plymouth Rock nm |
| punk rock n | uncountable (anarchist music style) (musica) | punk, punk rock nm |
| Punk rock was popular in the late 1970s. | ||
| rock and roll, rock 'n' roll n | (style of 1950s pop music) | rock and roll nm |
| Rock and roll was considered scandalous in the early 1950s. Elvis Presley was perhaps the most famous rock 'n' roll performer ever. | ||
| All'inizio degli Anni Cinquanta il rock and roll era considerato scandaloso. | ||
| rock and roll, rock 'n' roll n | (modern rock music) | rock and roll nm |
| I don't care for hip-hop or rap - I prefer rock and roll. | ||
| Non mi piacciono l'hip-hop e il rap, preferisco il rock and roll. | ||
| rock and roll, rock 'n' roll n as adj | (music, singer) | rock, rock and roll agg invar |
| rock band n | (heavy pop music group) | complesso rock nm |
| Geoff plays drums in a rock band. | ||
| rock bass n | (fish) | Ambloplites rupestris nm |
| boccapersico nm | ||
| rock bottom n | figurative (lowest point) (figurato: morale) | fondo nm |
| (figurato: morale) | punto più basso nm | |
| Dave was at rock bottom when his girlfriend left him. | ||
| rock candy n | (confectionery in hard stick form) | caramelle a bastoncino nfpl |
| Rock candy is very bad for the teeth. | ||
| Le caramelle a bastoncino fanno molto male ai denti. | ||
| rock candy n | US, uncountable (sweet consisting of giant sugar crystals) | cristalli di zucchero nmpl |
| When I was a kid we had a kit for growing rock candy from a sugar solution. | ||
| Quando ero bambino, avevamo un kit per creare cristalli di zucchero a partire da una soluzione zuccherina. | ||
| rock climber n | ([sb] who scales mountains) | scalatore, rocciatore nm |
| My friend the rock climber intends to scale Mount Everest this year. | ||
| Il mio amico scalatore ha intenzione di scalare l'Everest quest'anno. | ||
| rock climbing n | (mountaineering) (sport) | arrampicata, roccia nf |
| Equipment for rock climbing is expensive at the professional level. | ||
| L'attrezzatura da arrampicata di livello professionale è costosa. | ||
| rock cod n | (fish) | persico spigola nm |
| pesce pietra nm | ||
| scorfano nm | ||
| rock crystal n | (mineral: clear quartz) | quarzo nm |
| Rock crystal is mined in the Ural mountains. | ||
| rock dove, rock pigeon n | (bird) | piccione selvatico nm |
| rock face n | (rock: exposed vertical surface) | parete rocciosa nf |
| rock festival n | (live rock-music event) | festival rock nm |
| Most rock festivals last at least two days. | ||
| La maggior parte dei festival rock dura almeno due giorni. | ||
| rock garden n | (rockery) | giardino roccioso nm |
| These plants are suitable for rock gardens. | ||
| rock hard, rock-hard adj | (very hard) | duro come la roccia, duro come la pietra loc agg |
| Nota: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. | ||
| rock hyrax n | (animal) | irace del Capo nm |
| procavia delle rocce nf | ||
| rock lobster n | (crustacean) | aragosta nf |
| rock maple | (sugar maple) | acero zuccherino nm |
| acero da zucchero nm | ||
| acero del Canada nm | ||
| rock music n | (heavy form of pop music) | musica rock nf |
| Alex was listening to rock music in his bedroom. | ||
| Alex stava ascoltando musica rock nella sua stanza. | ||
| rock on interj | slang (expressing approval) (colloquiale) | evvai, e vai inter |
| “I'm going to get a new tattoo!” she exclaimed. "Rock on!" I replied. | ||
| "Mi farò un altro tatuaggio!", esclamò lei. "Evvai!", replicai io. | ||
| rock pool n | (small body of seawater among rocks) | pozza tra le rocce nf |
| My daughter was fascinated by the starfish in the rock pool. | ||
| Mia figlia era affascinata dalla stella marina nella pozza tra le rocce. | ||
| rock quarry n | (open pit) | cava, cava di roccia nf |
| The rock quarry is located in Eno State Park. | ||
| rock salmon n | (fish used for food) | spinarolo nm |
| rock salt n | (sodium chloride occurring in rocks) | salgemma nm |
| Rock salt is mined at Carrickfergus in Northern Ireland. | ||
| rock scorpion n | (arachnid that stings) | scorpione sudafricano nm |
| The rock scorpion is the longest scorpion in the world. | ||
| rock shrimp n | (freshwater crustacean) | gambero di roccia nm |
| The taste of rock shrimp is closer to lobster than shrimp. | ||
| rock singer n | ([sb] who sings rock music) | cantante rock nm |
| When I was a kid my favorite rock singer was Robert Plant. | ||
| Quando ero piccolo il mio cantante rock preferito era Robert Plant. | ||
| rock slide, rockslide n | (landslide on a rocky slope) | frana, frana di roccia nf |
| Last night's rock slide completely flattened three houses. | ||
| La frana della notte scorsa ha totalmente raso al suolo tre case. | ||
| rock solid, rock-solid adj | (strong, sturdy) | solido, massiccio agg |
| Nota: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. | ||
| The concrete walls of the building are rock-solid. | ||
| rock solid, rock-solid adj | figurative (convincing, dependable) | solido come una roccia loc agg |
| The witness's alibi was rock-solid. | ||
| rock star n | (singer, musician: rock music) | rock star nf |
| star del rock loc nom | ||
| rock star n | figurative, informal (hero, icon) (figurato) | mito nm |
| icona nf | ||
| rock steady, rock-steady adj | (not fluctuating) | stabile, fermo agg |
| Nota: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. | ||
| rocksteady n | (music style: ska) | rocksteady, rock steady nm |
| rock the boat v expr | figurative (cause trouble) (idiomatico) | mandare all'aria, seminare zizzania vtr |
| portare guai vtr | ||
| Sam didn't dare to rock the boat by asking his boss for a pay raise. | ||
| rock [sb] to sleep v expr | (swing gently until asleep) | cullare fino a far addormentare⇒ vtr |
| The father gently rocked his baby son to sleep. | ||
| rock wall | (wall of stones) | muretto a secco nm |
| muretto di pietre nm | ||
| rock wool, mineral wool n | (insulating material) | lana di roccia nf |
| rock wren n | (small bird in western U.S.) (uccello) | scricciolo di roccia nm |
| rock-bottom prices npl | informal (extremely low costs) | prezzi stracciati, prezzi all'osso nmpl |
| I don't know how they make any money with such rock-bottom prices. | ||
| Non so come riescano a guadagnare qualcosa con questi prezzi stracciati. | ||
| rock, paper, scissors, also UK: paper, scissors, stone n | (game) (gioco: morra cinese) | sasso-carta-forbice |
| seaside rock n | UK, uncountable (long stick of hard candy) | seaside rock nm |
| Julian bought a stick of seaside rock as a souvenir when he went to Brighton. | ||
| Julian ha acquistato una seaside rock come souvenir quando è stato a Brighton. | ||
| sedimentary rock n | (rock formed from compacted minerals) | roccia sedimentaria nf |
| Limestone is a sedimentary rock, mostly formed from the shells of marine animals. | ||
| soft rock n | (music genre) | soft rock nm |
| spiny lobster, rock lobster n | (crustacean: crayfish) (tipo di crostaceo) | aragosta di roccia nf |
| sugar maple, rock maple n | (tree with sweet sap) | acero da zucchero, acero zuccherino nm |
| volcanic rock n | (rock solidified on Earth's surface) | roccia vulcanica nf |
| Pumice stone is a type of volcanic rock. | ||
| La pietra pomice è un tipo di roccia vulcanica. | ||
| You rock! interj | slang (you are great) | Sei forte!, Sei grande!, Sei un grande!, Sei un mito!, Sei un genio! inter |
| (gergale) | Spacchi! inter | |
| Your painting is amazing—you rock! | ||
| You rock! interj | slang (thank you) | Sei un tesoro!, Sei un grande!, Sei il migliore!, Sei un mito! inter |
| You made lunch for me? You rock! |