What does frana in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word frana in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use frana in Italian.

The word frana in Italian means landslide, landslide, hopeless, collapse, ruin, collapse, crumble, be hopeless. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word frana

landslide

sostantivo femminile (smottamento)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La frana isolò i due paesi per giorni.
The landslide isolated the two towns for days.

landslide

sostantivo femminile (estensione (materiale franato)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Servirono cento ruspe per liberare la strada dalla frana.
They needed 100 bulldozers to clear the street of the landslide.

hopeless

sostantivo femminile (informale (persona inetta)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Sono sempre stato una frana in disegno tecnico.
I've always been hopeless at technical drawings.

collapse, ruin

sostantivo femminile (figurato (rovina, crollo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Non sarà facile riprendersi dalla frana di tutte le sue aspettative.
It won't be easy for him to get over the collapse of all his expectations.

collapse

verbo intransitivo (crollare a pezzi)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Il terreno è franato sotto i miei piedi.

crumble

verbo intransitivo (andare in fumo)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Dopo la sconfitta ai quarti le speranze della squadra di andare in finale sono miseramente franate.
After being defeated at the quarter finals the team's hopes of reaching the final crumbled.

be hopeless

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