What does topa in Italian mean?
What is the meaning of the word topa in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use topa in Italian.
The word topa in Italian means mouse, rat tail cord, die like a rat, play cat and mouse, hotel thief, housebreaker, bookworm, scum, despicable person. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word topa
mousesostantivo maschile (ratto) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Il telegiornale ha detto che a Roma ci sono milioni di topi nelle fogne. The newscast said that there are millions of mice in the sewers of Rome. |
rat tail cord(in textiles) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
die like a ratverbo transitivo o transitivo pronominale (idiomatico (restare intrappolato senza via di scampo) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
play cat and mouse
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hotel thief
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housebreakersostantivo maschile (idiomatico (ladro che svaligia gli appartamenti) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
bookwormsostantivo maschile (idiomatico (appassionato di libri) (colloquial) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
scum, despicable person(figurative) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Ma perché in questa zona della città ci sono così tanti topi di fogna? |
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