Compound Forms/Forme composte
cercare | |
| Italiano | Inglese |
| Andarsela a cercare | ask for it⇒ v |
| cercare casa | to look for accommodation |
| to look for a house or apartment |
| cercare col lumicino | to look very carefully for [sth] |
| (very hard to find) | desperately seeking something |
| cercare compagnia | seek company⇒ vi |
| cercare da dormire | to look for a place to sleep |
| to look for accommodation |
| cercare di vtr | (provare a) | try⇒, attempt⇒ v |
| Cercare di pararsi il culo | try to cover your ass, try to protect your ass expr |
| cercare di porre rimedio a | try to find a solution to⇒ vtr |
| cercare fortuna | to try one's luck |
| try your luck! |
| Cercare grane | look for trouble expr |
| cercare il bandolo della matassa | (to a problem) | to try to find the key |
| to try to find a solution to a problem |
| to get one's head round to something |
| cercare il pelo nell'uovo | to be a nitpick |
| cercare lavoro | to look for work, to look for a job |
| to seek employment |
| Cercare per mare e per terra | (to look everywhere) | search high and low v, expr |
| cercare per mare e per terra | (for someone or something) | to look high and low |
| to look really everywhere |
| cercare per mari e monti | (to look everywhere) | search high and low v expr |
| cercare per mari e per monti | to look high and low |
| to look everywhere |
| cercare scuse | look for excuses, make up excuses v expr |
| Cercare un ago in un pagliaio | look for a needle in a haystack v, expr |
| cercare un ago in un pagliaio | it is like looking for a needle in a haystack |
| cercare col lanternino vtr | figurato, idiomatico (cercare [qlcs] difficile da trovare) | look all over for [sth] v expr |
| look high and low for [sth] v expr |
