English-Italian translations for mend

ripararePertanto vi prego, non cercate di riparare questo sistema. Please do not try to mend this system. Non penso proprio che qualcuno dall'Olanda porti a riparare le sue scarpe rotte in Finlandia. I cannot imagine anyone taking his shoes from the Netherlands to Finland to be mended. Dato che far riparare le scarpe è assai costoso, i consumatori sono tentati di buttare via le scarpe rotte e di comprarne delle nuove. Because it was so expensive to mend shoes, consumers tended to throw them away and buy new ones.

A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending
To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement
To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace
To help, to advance, to further; to add to
To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved

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