What does buca in Italian mean?
What is the meaning of the word buca in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use buca in Italian.
The word buca in Italian means hole, mailbox, get stood up, basement bar, hole, hole, pit, dump, deficit, gap, fix, puncture, punch holes, punch, get a flat tire, pooltable pocket, golf hole, suggestion box, mail slot, stand sbd up, let down about, golf. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word buca
holesostantivo femminile (buco, fossa, avvallamento) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Il becchino scavò una buca profonda per seppellire il cadavere. The undertaker dug a deep hole so they could bury the body. |
mailboxsostantivo femminile (cavità con apertura) (US) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) La buca delle lettere del vicino è sempre stracolma. The neighbor's mailbox is always stuffed. |
get stood upsostantivo femminile (colloquiale (pacco) Al nostro primo appuntamento mia moglie mi tirò buca. On our first date, my wife stood me up. |
basement barsostantivo femminile (colloquiale (bar o trattoria in seminterrato) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Ci vediamo domani sera alla buca. See you tomorrow evening at the basement bar. |
holesostantivo maschile (orifizio, pertugio) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) C'è un buco nel muro da dove sono entrati i ladri. There's a hole in the wall where the burglars came in. |
hole, pit, dumpsostantivo maschile (figurato, peggiorativo (posto piccolo, recesso) (colloquial) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) È proprio un buco di paese. ⓘQuesta frase non è una traduzione della frase inglese. This place is a pit. |
deficitsostantivo maschile (figurato (denaro mancante) (financial) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Gli amministratori hanno scoperto un buco di diversi milioni nel bilancio societario. The managers found a deficit of several million in the company's balance sheet. |
gapsostantivo maschile (figurato (lasso di tempo) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Nella deposizione c'è un buco di diverse ore. There's a gap of several hours in the deposition. |
fixsostantivo maschile (gergale (per droga iniettata) (slang) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Hai le braccia piene di buchi, dovresti smettere. ⓘQuesta frase non è una traduzione della frase inglese. I need a fix or I'm going to get the shakes. |
puncture, punch holesverbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (forare) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") Ai bambini piace bucare i palloncini. ⓘQuesta frase non è una traduzione della frase inglese. She pierced her ears. |
punchverbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (perforare) (punch a hole in [sth]) Il bigliettaio bucava i biglietti sui tram. The conductor on the tram punched the tickets. |
get a flat tireverbo intransitivo (subire una foratura) (US) Ho bucato sull'autostrada e ho dovuto chiamare il carro attrezzi. I got a flat tire on the highway and I had to call a tow truck. |
pooltable pocket(game) |
golf hole
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suggestion box
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mail slotsostantivo femminile (fessura per posta) |
stand sbd upverbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (informale (non presentarsi ad appuntamento) |
let down about
(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
golf(generically, the game) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
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