What does tappa in Italian mean?
What is the meaning of the word tappa in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use tappa in Italian.
The word tappa in Italian means leg, stage, stop-over, phase, landmark, milestone, plug, cork, shut yourself up [in ], timed stage, necessary stop, necessary step, necessary part. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word tappa
leg, stagesostantivo femminile (percorso tra due soste) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Una delle tappe della corsa si svolge nella mia città natale. One of the legs (or: stages) of the race takes place in my home town. |
stop-oversostantivo femminile (sosta) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Facciamo una tappa in farmacia mentre andiamo a casa. ⓘQuesta frase non è una traduzione della frase inglese. We did a stop-over in Paris on our way to the coast. |
phase, landmark, milestonesostantivo femminile (figurato (momento importante) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) La laurea è una tappa importante nella vita di una persona. Getting a degree is an important milestone in a person's life. |
plug, corkverbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (fuoriuscita: bloccare) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") Devi tappare il lavabo o l'acqua scorrerà giù per il tubo. |
shut yourself up [in ]verbo riflessivo o intransitivo pronominale (figurato, colloquiale (rintanarsi, isolarsi) Ogni volta che è depresso, Tiziano si tappa in casa. |
timed stage(cycling) |
necessary stopsostantivo femminile (sosta obbligata, non prevista) Abbiamo fatto una tappa forzata in un'area di sosta perché mio figlio non si sentiva bene. We made a necessary stop in a rest area because my son wasn't feeling well. |
necessary step, necessary part
(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
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