English-Italian translations for promise

• promessa
  Una promessa è una promessa e, come sappiamo, va rispettata. A promise is a promise and, as we know, it must be kept.
  Ora deve mantenere la promessa. He must now keep that promise.
  Questa promessa non è stata mantenuta. That promise has not been kept.
• promettere
  L'Unione europea deve ora promettere un taglio del 30 per cento. Therefore, the EU must now promise 30%.
  Posso solo promettere che continuerò a lottare per raggiungere tale obiettivo. All I can do now is to promise to strive for it.
  Guardando al futuro, cosa può promettere agli agricoltori? Looking at the future, what can you promise farmers?
• giuramento
• giurare
• voto
  Le garanzie personali non bastano, e nemmeno le promesse di un dopo il voto. Personal assurances, or promises of a reshuffle after the vote, are not enough.
  Se la votazione si svolgerà come previsto, raccomando, dopo queste considerazioni, di esprimere voto favorevole. With these comments, I recommend that if the voting goes as promised earlier you should vote in favour.
  Ciascuno ha contribuito in maniera costruttiva a portare il compromesso a un livello che fa ben sperare per il voto di domani. Everybody has contributed constructively in bringing the compromise to the level where a vote tomorrow will be promising.

Definition of promise

• an oath or affirmation; a vow
• a transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use
• reason to expect improvement or success; potential
• a placeholder object representing the eventual result of an asynchronous operation
• bestowal or fulfillment of what is promised
• To commit to , or to assure of such commitment; to make an oath or vow
• To give grounds for expectation, especially of something good

Examples

• if I make a promise, I always stick to it;  he broke his promise
• She shows great promise as an actress
• If you promise not to tell anyone, I will let you have this cake for free
• He promised to never return to this town again
• She promised me a big kiss if I would drive her to the airport
• I cant promise success, but Ill do the best I can
• The clouds promise rain

Related words

• compromise
• compromised
• promised
• immunocompromised
• compromiser
• promise the moon|promise ''sb'' the moon
• promise the world|promise ''sb'' the world
• promise ring
• promise the moon