English-Italian translations for narrow

strettoOccorre interpretarlo in senso lato o in senso stretto? Should it be interpreted in a broader or a narrower sense? Si tratta di una questione di accenti: il sentiero fra il paradiso e l’inferno è stretto. It is a question of emphases: the path between heaven and hell is a narrow one. Soltanto per lo stretto margine di 206 voti contro 200 ci è consentito oggi di svolgere questo dibattito. It was only by the narrow margin of 206 votes to 200 that we were able to hold this debate at all.
angustoDal punto di vista dello sviluppo culturale, e da quello del significato e della multifunzionalità della cultura, l'approccio è troppo angusto per essere accettato senza riserve. From the point of view of cultural development, and the meaning and multifunctionality of culture, the approach is too narrow to be accepted without further ado. Come emerge dai risultati di alcune ricerche, il dialogo democratico si fa più angusto e il concetto di democrazia viene limitato unicamente allo svolgimento di elezioni democratiche e nulla di più. As some research suggests, democratic dialogue is becoming narrower and the notion of democracy is being confined merely to democratic elections and nothing more.

kasvoista) magro
ristrettoNella votazione ha perso con un margine ristretto. It lost by a narrow margin in the vote. Hanno presentato unicamente una soluzione unilaterale e un elenco ristretto. They have come up with only a unilateral solution and a narrow list. Sul piano tecnico il margine di manovra è ristretto, ma la scelta di un modello di riforma è di natura politica. The margin of manoeuvre is technically narrow, but the choice of a reform model is political.

Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth
Of little extent; very limited; circumscribed
Restrictive; without flexibility or latitude
Contracted; of limited scope; bigoted
Having a small margin or degree
Limited as to means; straitened
Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish
Scrutinizing in detail; close; accurate; exact
Formed by a close position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate; or by a tense condition of the pharynx; distinguished from wide
A narrow passage, especially a contracted part of a stream, lake, or sea; a strait connecting two bodies of water
To reduce in width or extent; to contract
To get narrower
To partially lower one's eyelids in a way usually taken to suggest a defensive, aggressive or penetrating look
To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one

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