English-Italian translations for plug

presaIn quarto luogo, dobbiamo sfruttare la prossima R&S per sviluppare tecnologie di stoccaggio e, infine, veicoli "a presa” elettrica. Fourthly, we have to use the next R&D to develop storage technologies and, finally, electric plug-ins. Un semplice esempio è quello della presa elettrica: nella Comunità europea abbiamo numerosi sistemi incompatibili fra loro. A simple example is the electric plug; there are many different, incompatible systems in the European Community.
spinaAbbiamo detto "sì” a una spina tedesca. We have said 'yes' to a German plug. E' diventato un progetto europeo e insieme stiamo lavorando sulla spina a sei poli Mennekes. Now, that is European thinking and together we are going ahead with Mennekes' six-pole plug. E' fondamentale che non stacchiamo la spina a quei gruppi comunitari e volontari coinvolti in quest'importantissima opera. It is crucial that we do not pull the plug on community and voluntary groups that are engaged in this valuable work.

tappoLa questione, dunque, non sta nel giudicare se la vasca sia mezza piena o mezza vuota, poiché è vero invece che troppi Stati membri alla vasca non mettono nemmeno il tappo. The problem therefore is not whether the bath of hot water is half-full or empty, but that too many Member States are not putting the plug into the bath in the first place.
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A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one
Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole
A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco
A high, tapering silk hat
Any worn-out or useless article
A mention of a product in an interview, or an interview which features one or more of these
A body of once molten rock that hardened in a volcanic vent. Usually round or oval in shape
A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks
A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate
A drug dealer
A branch from a water-pipe to supply a hose
To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole
To blatantly mention a particular product or service as if advertising it
To persist or continue with something
To shoot a bullet into something with a gun
To have sex with, penetrate sexually

I pushed the plug back into the electrical socket and the lamp began to glow again
Pull the plug out of the tub so it can drain
He preferred a plug of tobacco to loose chaw
That sorry old plug is ready for the glue factory!
During the interview, the author put in a plug for his latest novel
Pressure built beneath the plug in the caldera, eventually resulting in a catastrophic explosion of pyroclastic shrapnel and ash
The fisherman cast the plug into a likely pool, hoping to catch a whopper
He attempted to plug the leaks with some caulk
The main guest on the show just kept plugging his latest movie: it got so tiresome
Keep plugging at the problem until you find a solution
Id love to plug him

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