English-Italian translations for nose

• naso
  Se io non ficco il naso nei vostri affari, allora neppure voi potrete ficcare il naso nei miei! If I keep my nose out of your business, then you will have to keep your nose out of my business, too!
  Lo Stato non ha il diritto di ficcare il naso in questioni di tale natura. The state has no right to poke its nose into such matters.
  Chi vuole dire «Mio figlio avrà i capelli biondi e un naso piccolo»? Who want to say 'My child shall have yellow hair and a smaller nose'?
• andare a naso
• annusare
• fiutare
• mettere il naso
  L'Europa non è l'arbitro e non dovrebbe mettere il naso in questioni che il mondo del calcio è sicuramente in grado di gestire autonomamente. Europe is no referee and should not stick its nose in matters which the football world is very capable of handling itself.
  Sarebbe molto meglio se il Parlamento si concentrasse sui propri doveri di legge, piuttosto che mettere il naso in aree che non gli appartengono. It would be far better if the House concentrated on its statutory duties, rather than poking its nose into areas which are none of its business.
  Non si tratta di puntare il dito contro un singolo, come credono certi detrattori, e di certo l'Unione europea non si diverte a mettere il naso negli affari interni degli altri paesi. It is not about naming and shaming, as some critics believe; neither is it the case that we in Europe enjoy poking our noses into other countries' internal affairs.
• nasare
• strisciare
• vincere per un soffio

Definition of nose

• A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell
• A snout, the nose of an animal
• The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the ''hole'of its adjacent piece
• A perfumer
• Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine
• Skill at finding information
• A downward projection from a cornice
• An informer
• To move cautiously by advancing its front end
• To snoop
• To detect by smell or as if by smell
• To push with one's nose; to nuzzle
• To defeat by a narrow margin; sometimes with ''out''
• To furnish with a nose
• To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to

Examples

• She has a cold in the nose
• the nose of a tea-kettle, a bellows, or a fighter plane
• Red Rum only won by a nose
• It is essential that a winetaster develops a good nose
• A successful reporter has a nose for news
• The ship nosed through the minefield.
• She was nosing around other people’s business.
• to nose a prayer
• to nose a stair tread

Related words

• brownnoser
• nanosecond
• diagnose
• nose-picking
• diagnosed
• noseless
• nosegay
• nosebleed
• monosexual