Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

scantinato

English translation:

basement

Added to glossary by EirTranslations
Feb 15, 2007 14:41
17 yrs ago
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Italian term

scantinato

Non-PRO Italian to English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
In a house, what part of the house is this? THanks!
Proposed translations (English)
5 +7 basement
5 cellar

Discussion

Angela Arnone Feb 15, 2007:
Please use dictionaries and glossaries for simple terms of this nature.
Liliana Roman-Hamilton Feb 15, 2007:
You are going against Proz rule 2.1 : KudoZ should be used for requesting terms help only after other resources have been exhausted.Resources available include the KudoZ archives (KudoZ >ProZ.com Term Search from the main menu), dictionaries, search engin
Chiara Righele Feb 15, 2007:
A monolingual dictionary would help solving doubts like this one. There are some online as well: http://www.garzantilinguistica.it
http://www.demauroparavia.it/
just to mention two

Proposed translations

+7
3 mins
Selected

basement

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Peer comment(s):

agree Chiara Righele : piano di un edificio situato parzialmente o totalmente sotto il livello del terreno, adibito spec. a magazzino o cantina o, talvolta, ad abitazione, laboratorio e simili (DeMauro)
1 min
Thanks, Chiara
agree Maudarg (X)
15 mins
Thanks, Maureen
agree silvia b (X)
47 mins
Thanks, Silvia
agree Gian
1 hr
Thanks, Gian
agree Monica Cecere : completely agree
1 hr
Thanks, Monica
agree writeaway : can't turn any phrases into idiomatic native English and can't open a dictionary. Good thing for Asker there's Kudoz
5 hrs
Thanks
agree potra : Yes, or maybe 'a cellar in the basement'
1 day 39 mins
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4 mins

cellar

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Note added at 4 mins (2007-02-15 14:45:38 GMT)
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