English-Italian translations for breast

• petto
  Signor Presidente, devo necessariamente citare un grande letterato e dire: “Ahimè, due anime abitano nel mio petto”. Mr President, I really do have to quote a great man of letters and say, ‘alas, two souls dwell in my breast’.
  Noi abbiamo costruito l'edificio, pertanto siamo sempre noi a doverci batterci il petto per gli errori commessi. We were the ones who had the house built so we should be the ones beating our own breast if mistakes have been made.
  Se il Kosovo soffre di alcune debolezze, siamo noi a doverci battere il petto, perché siamo praticamente noi ad amministrare il paese. Even if there are shortcomings there, it is we who must beat our breasts, because we basically administer this country.
• seno
  Servono per la ricostruzione del seno. They are needed to reconstruct breasts.
  Il cancro al seno sconvolge la vita di chi ne è colpito. Breast cancer severely disrupts people's lives.
  Oltre 100 000 donne muoiono ogni anno di tumore al seno. Over 100 000 women a year are dying of breast cancer.
• mammella
  La patologia tumorale più comune tra le donne è il carcinoma della mammella. The most common cancer among women is breast cancer.
  Per quanto riguarda il tumore della mammella, lo ha raggiunto un livello avanzato. Concerning breast cancer, screening is well advanced.
  Sono gli uomini che perdiamo ogni anno a causa del carcinoma della mammella. That is the number of men we are losing each year to breast cancer.
• seno mammella
• torace

Definition of breast

• Either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males
• The chest, or front of the human thorax
• A section of clothing covering the breast area
• The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one's heart or innermost thoughts
• The ventral portion of an animal's thorax
• A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird’s breast; also a cut of meat from other animals, breast of mutton, veal, pork
• The front or forward part of anything
• The face of a coal working
• The power of singing; a musical voice
• To push against with the breast; to meet full on, oppose, face
• To reach the top (of a hill
• To debreast

Examples

• Tanyas breasts grew remarkably during pregnancy
• She kindled hope in the breast of all who heard her
• The robin has a red breast
• Would you like breast or wing?
• a chimney breast; a plough breast
• He breasted the hill and saw the town before him

Related words

• breasts
• big-breasted
• breastfeed
• abreast
• breaststroke
• breastfeeding
• breastbone
• black-breasted
• breastwork