English-Italian translations for parachute

• paracadute
  Mentre alcuni vertici hanno aperto il proprio paracadute dorato, i lavoratori e la popolazione ne stanno subendo le conseguenze. While some top bosses have opened their gold parachutes, workers and the general public are paying for the mess.
  Per quanto riguarda i dirigenti, sono al sicuro, perché coperti dai milioni di euro del loro paracadute dorato. As for the managers, they are shielded, because they are covered by the millions of euros of their gilded parachute.
  Il paracadute di emergenza costituito dai piani di salvataggio deve essere riposto, si dice, e i programmi di investimento aboliti. The emergency parachutes that are the rescue plans need to be folded away, they say, and investment programmes abolished.

Definition of parachute

• A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object
• A small collar which fastens around the scrotum and from which weights can be hung
• To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device
• To introduce into a place using such a device
• To place in an organisation in a position of authority without their having previous experience there; used with ''in'or ''into''

Examples

• The soldiers were parachuted behind enemy lines.

Related words

• parachuter
• parachute jump tower
• golden parachute
• drogue parachute
• drag parachute
• emergency parachute