English-Italian translations for onerous

• oneroso
  In conclusione, la politica europea di prossimità è un’opportunità per l’Unione, non un dovere oneroso. In conclusion, the European neighbourhood policy is an opportunity for the Union, not an onerous duty.
  E’ stato un compito gravoso ed oneroso, ma entrambi i relatori lo hanno svolto in maniera eccellente. It has been a weighty and onerous task, but both rapporteurs have carried it out extremely well.
  Era un compito oneroso, ma che ero disposto a svolgere mentre avevo l’autorità per farlo. It was an onerous task, but one which I was prepared to undertake whilst I had the powers to do it.
• ostico

Definition of onerous

• imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort; burdensome

Related words

• onerously
• onerousness
• ponerology