Italian English Dictionary

italiano - English

strofinare in English:

1. rub rub


Do you think we'll get a chance to rub shoulders with any celebrities?
There's the rub.
Will you rub my shoulders?
Rub salt in the wound.
He rubbed (at) the stain on his trousers and made it worse; We rubbed some polish into the surface of the wood; She was rubbing her hands (together) at the thought of winning; My new shoes are rubbing (against/on my toe) and now I've got blisters.
Will you please use indelible ink so the phrase won't rub out?
to press something with a circular or up-and-down repeated movement: She rubbed sun lotion over her entire body.
During prohibition days, racketeers used to rub each other out to get control of the rum-running racket.
It's in pencil so you can rub it out if you need to.
Rub briskly with soap, and the stain will soon wash off.
I'll give your back a rub.
He stands there, enjoying the brief flashback, rubbing the water from his hair with a towel.
I rubbed some suntan oil on her back.
My new shoes are rubbing against my toe and I've got blistes.
Do you often rub it?

2. scrub


We have to scrub this party.
The crew member scrubbed the deck of the ship to remove the sand and salt
The scrub, with its low trees and bushes, was a perfect place to shoot pheasants.
You have to cut down those scrubs in front of our house.
They scrubbed the plan due to the lack of resources.
All scrubs in our garden withered.
Mate, you fell in love with the biggest scrub in town.
Their dog is not a purebred but a scrub.
... actually pay someone to scrub my social media feeds,...
As a punishment, the disgraced Greenpeace volunteer had to scrub oil from an otter's fur with his own toothbrush.

English word "strofinare"(scrub) occurs in sets:

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