Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
avere in pancia
English translation:
in the system
Added to glossary by
Laura Carolina Collada Ali (X)
Jul 6, 2010 16:45
13 yrs ago
Italian term
avere in pancia
Italian to English
Bus/Financial
Journalism
Si tratta di un articolo di opinione nel quale trovo difficoltà a ideare un'espressione simile o corrispondente in inglese: "secondo il Fondo monetario internazionale abbiano ancora in pancia titoli tossici per ben 1.500 miliardi di dollari"
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +6 | in the system |
Oliver Lawrence
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| 3 | we still haven't relieved ourselves of |
Giuseppe Bellone
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| 3 | (their) bellies are bulging with |
Michele Armellini
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References
| in pancia |
Michael Brennen
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Change log
Jul 6, 2010 21:53: Russell Jones changed "Term asked" from "\"avere in pancia\"" to "avere in pancia"
Proposed translations
+6
2 mins
Oliver Lawrence
Italy
Italy
Native in English
Works in field
Italy
Texts with zest by a Chartered Linguist
Native in: English (Variants: UK, British)
Works in: Italian to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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Italian term (edited):
in pancia
Selected
in the system
these toxic securities are still lurking in the financial system. "to have" is probably not quite natural enough in English for the verbal form, I'll leave that one up to you.
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4 mins
Giuseppe Bellone
Italy
Italy
Native in Italian
Italy
Anything worth doing is worth doing well
Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian
Italian term (edited):
"avere in pancia"
we still haven't relieved ourselves of
Idea per "contenuto della pancia" !
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Note added at 6 min (2010-07-06 16:51:20 GMT)
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D'altronde a quello hanno voluto far cenno.
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Note added at 6 min (2010-07-06 16:51:20 GMT)
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D'altronde a quello hanno voluto far cenno.
17 mins
Michele Armellini
Italy
Italy
Native in Italian
Italy
English-Italian legal translations.
Native in: Italian 
, Friulian
Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English
Italian term (edited):
"avere in pancia"
(their) bellies are bulging with
Un'altra idea. Vedo che viene usata anche metaforicamente, non solo con cibi o simili.
Reference comments
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Reference:
in pancia
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