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Spread

Italian translation: tavola imbandita

14:04 Dec 18, 2020
English to Italian translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Spread
English term or phrase: Spread
Ciao,
sto traducendo un testo di narrativa che dice:

With a full spread on the table, I start the coffee machine just as my husband walks into the kitchen. His hair is wet, and he’s wearing a pair of lounge pants low on his waist.

A cosa potrebbe riferirsi? Grazie!
ChiaBringhenti
Italy
Local time: 16:15
Italian translation:tavola imbandita
Explanation:
Non conoscendo il contesto più di tanto, se s'intende "table spread":a meal, especially one for a special occasion with a lot of different dishes arranged on a table, sarebbe tavola imbandita.
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Cristina Antonac
Croatia
Local time: 16:15
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4tavola imbandita
Cristina Antonac
4(tavola) apparecchiata di tutto punto / perfettamente apparecchiata
Elisa Bottazzi
4superficie
MassimoA
Summary of reference entries provided
Fabrizio Zambuto

  

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spread
(tavola) apparecchiata di tutto punto / perfettamente apparecchiata


Explanation:
https://www.garzantilinguistica.it/ricerca/?q=spread

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Note added at 10 mins (2020-12-18 14:15:17 GMT)
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O una variante del termine "imbandita" se preferisci.

Elisa Bottazzi
Italy
Local time: 16:15
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table spread
tavola imbandita


Explanation:
Non conoscendo il contesto più di tanto, se s'intende "table spread":a meal, especially one for a special occasion with a lot of different dishes arranged on a table, sarebbe tavola imbandita.

Example sentence(s):
  • In the sky appears a table spread with food and drink from which the two initiates can take refreshment before continuing their trial.

    Reference: http://https://context.reverso.net/traduzione/inglese-italia...
Cristina Antonac
Croatia
Local time: 16:15
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agree  Fabrizio Zambuto
2 hrs
  -> Grazie!
agree  martini
3 hrs
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agree  AdamiAkaPataflo: :-)
2 days 21 hrs
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agree  Deborah Cerri
3 days 18 hrs
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2 days 18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
spread
superficie


Explanation:
Tavola preparata in modo da occupare tutta la superficie del tavolo. Un esempio: https://www.alamy.com/a-full-table-spread-out-for-a-family-a...

MassimoA
Italy
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Reference

Reference information:
https://www.phrasemix.com/phrases/a-spread-of-food

a spread (of food)
In casual English, "a spread" is a big table full of food that's being offered to guests at a party, a conference, for holidays, etc. This phrase brings to mind the picture of lots of different dishes spread out over a table. Use it like this:

Look at this spread! Oh my goodness, it must have taken you forever to cook all this.

They've got a pretty decent spread here tonight.

Fabrizio Zambuto
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