Translations for swear by in the English»Italian Dictionary

swear by VB [swɛː -] (swear by [sth, sb]) inf

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swear by remedy, electrician:

avere piena fiducia in

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giuro su tutto ciò che mi è più caro che …

I swear by all that I hold dear that …

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I.by [Brit bʌɪ, Am baɪ] PREP

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2. by (through the means of):

to travel by bus, train

viaggiare in autobus, in treno

to pay by cheque

pagare con assegno

you can reach me by phone

può contattarmi per or tramite telefono

to begin by saying that …

cominciare dicendo or col dire che …

by candlelight dine, read

a lume di candela

I know her by sight

la conosco di vista

I took him by the hand

l'ho preso per mano

he grabbed me by the hair

mi afferrò per i capelli

she was holding it by the handle

la teneva per il manico

he has two children by his first wife

ha due figli dalla prima moglie

3. by (according to, from evidence of):

a

by my watch it is three o'clock

al mio orologio sono le tre

I could tell by the look on her face that she was angry

si vedeva che era arrabbiata dall'espressione del suo volto

what did you understand by her remarks?

che cosa hai capito delle sue osservazioni?

I knew him by his walk

l'ho riconosciuto dalla sua andatura

it's all right by me

8. by (before, not later than):

it must be done by four o'clock, next Thursday

deve essere fatto entro or per le quattro, entro or per giovedì prossimo

by this time next week

la prossima settimana a quest'ora or di qui a una settimana

by the time she had got downstairs he was gone

quando scese era già uscito

he ought to be here by now

ormai or a quest'ora dovrebbe essere qui

by now it was clear that they were going to win

era ormai chiaro che avrebbero vinto

but by then it was too late

ma ormai era troppo tardi

12. by (in measurements):

a room 20 metres by 10 metres

una stanza di 20 metri per 10

13. by MATH (in multiplication, division):

10 multiplied by 5 is 50

10 moltiplicato per 5 fa 50

15. by (in successive degrees, units):

little by little

giorno per or dopo giorno or di giorno in giorno

uno a uno or uno alla volta

18. by (used with reflexive pronouns):

he did it all by himself

l'ha fatto tutto da solo

she was sitting by herself

era seduta in disparte

19. by (in promises, oaths):

by God, I could kill him!

per Dio, potrei ucciderlo!

I swear by heaven

in nome del cielo

20. by NAUT (in compass directions):

south by south-west

II.by [Brit bʌɪ, Am baɪ] ADV

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2. by (near):

he lives close by

3. by (aside, in reserve):

to put money by

mettere da parte i soldi

III.by [Brit bʌɪ, Am baɪ] ADJ attrib. rare

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effetto secondario

IV.by [Brit bʌɪ, Am baɪ]

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I.swear <pt swore, pp sworn> [Brit swɛː, Am swɛr] VB trans

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1. swear (promise):

swear loyalty, allegiance, revenge

also LAW to swear (an oath of) allegiance to

giurare fedeltà a or fare giuramento di fedeltà a

I swear!, I swear it! form

I swear to God, I didn't know

giuro (davanti a Dio) che non lo sapevo

to swear to do

giurare di fare

to swear (that)

he swore he'd never write again, never to write again

ha giurato che non avrebbe mai più scritto or di non scrivere mai più

I could have sworn she was there

avrei giurato che ci fosse (anche lei)

to swear to sb that …

giurare a qn che …

I swear by all that I hold dear that …

giuro su tutto ciò che mi è più caro che …

to swear blind (that) inf

giurare sulla propria testa (che)

II.swear <pt swore, pp sworn> [Brit swɛː, Am swɛr] VB intr

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swear by VB trans

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to swear by sth

avere una fiducia cieca in qc

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to swear by God/sth

giurare su Dio/qc

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I.by [baɪ] PREP

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7. by (through):

by chance/mistake

per caso/sbaglio

10. by (as promise to):

to swear by God/sth

giurare su Dio/qc

12. by (from the perspective of):

to judge by appearances

giudicare dalle apparenze

all right by me inf

per me, va bene

II.by [baɪ] ADV

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1. by (aside):

to put [or lay] sth by

mettere qc da parte

2. by (in a while):

3. by (past):

to go/pass by

Phrases:

by and large

I.swear <swore, sworn> [swer] VB intr

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2. swear (curse):

II.swear <swore, sworn> [swer] VB trans

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