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Italian term

Lupetani

1 question

tanto per dire

Non-PRO Italian to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature

English translation?

Proposed translations (English)

4 +5	so to speak	william wooderson
4 +5	just to say [it]	Elizabeth Faracini

Change log

Mar 10, 2010 10:10: Gaetano Silvestri Campagnano changed "Language pair" from "English to Italian" to "Italian to English"

Mar 11, 2010 09:30: Lorraine Buckley (X) changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Mar 11, 2010 21:52: Gudrun Dauner changed "Term asked" from "\"tanto per dire\"" to "tanto per dire"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): Jim Tucker (X), writeaway, Lorraine Buckley (X)

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Discussion

NICOLAE CIPRIAN BERCHISAN Jul 17, 2015: context? Without a context it is impossibile to find the RIGHT translation!
Lupetani (asker) Mar 10, 2010: Thanks to all. I think I found may way round it with the use of "just" and than what commented on with "tanto per dire".
Tom in London Mar 10, 2010: Yes there are different ways to translate this depending on the context so....can we have the context please?
Paul O'Brien Mar 10, 2010: Italian sentence? Please.