English-Italian translations for stroke

• colpo
  In secondo luogo essa mira a raggiungere, in un sol colpo, l’armonizzazione degli LMR in tutta la Comunità. Second, it aims to achieve, at a stroke, harmonisation of MRLs across the Community.
  Il fatto che il paragrafo 78 venga cancellato con un colpo di penna è un dettaglio? Is the fact that paragraph 78 is to be crossed out with a stroke of the pen a detail?
  E' la pozione magica dei druidi che viene preparata al fine di guarire l'economia da tutti i mali, di colpo e senza fatica. That is the potion concocted by druids to cure all the ills of our economy at a stroke and without effort.
• accarezzare
• accidente cerebrovascolare
• battuta
• bracciata
• capovoga
• carezza
• colpo apoplettico
• colpo di remo
• corsa
• frustata
• giocata
• ictus
  Sono la causa di molte patologie croniche come le malattie cardiovascolari, l'ipertensione, il diabete di tipo 2, l'ictus e certe forme tumorali. They lead to many chronic conditions such as circulatory diseases, hypertension, Type 2 diabetes, strokes and certain types of cancer.
  Questa regolamentazione ci aiuterà a contrastare non solo questa crisi di obesità, ma anche altri problemi di salute come il diabete, l'ictus e le malattie cardiache. This regulation will help us tackle not only this obesity crisis, but also other health problems such as diabetes, stroke and heart disease.
  Spero che il Parlamento europeo invii i suoi migliori auguri di pronta guarigione a Jean Kahn, che è stato colpito da un ictus.I hope the European Parliament will send its best wishes to Mr Kahn for a swift recovery from the stroke he has suffered.
• palata
• pennellata
• rintocco
• tempo
  Allo stesso tempo essa protegge l'ambiente, salva le risorse, sostiene l'economia e fa risparmiare denaro dei consumatori. At one stroke it protects the environment, conserves resources, boosts the economy and saves consumers money at the same time.
  Da allora, il Tempo delle interrogazioni è sempre iniziato tardi e i rappresentanti del Consiglio dovevano andarsene allo scoccare delle 19.00, puntuali come un orologio. Since then, Question Time has always started late, and the representatives of the Council have had to leave on the stroke of seven, regular as clockwork.
• tratto
  Non è un obiettivo che possiamo conseguire con fondi pubblici o il tratto di penna di un burocrate. It is not something that we can do with public funding or at the stroke of a bureaucrat's pen.
  Sono stati approvati all'unanimità da tutti gli Stati membri e la Commissione non li può modificare con un semplice tratto di penna. They were approved by all the Member States and cannot by changed by a stroke of the pen from the Commission.
  Con un tratto di penna, si concederà a un nuovo organismo impiccione e invadente una gigantesca dotazione con cui espandere il suo feudo personale e creare una nuova montagna di burocrazia. At the stroke of a pen a new interfering busybody will be given a gigantic budget with which to expand their personal fiefdom and create another mountain of red tape.
• voga
• vogata

Definition of stroke

• An act of #Verb|stroking
• A blow or hit
• A single movement with a tool
• One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished
• A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done, produced, or accomplished; also, something done or accomplished by such an effort
• A line drawn with a pen or other writing implement, ''particularly''
• A streak made with a brush
• A style, a single movement within a style
• The loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted
• The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided
• Backstage influence
• An individual discharge of lightning
• The result or effect of a striking; injury or affliction; soreness
• An addition or amendment to a written composition; a touch
• A throb or beat, as of the heart
• Power; influence
• Appetite
• In transactional analysis, a reaction to a person, fulfilling their needs or desires
• To move one's hand or an object along in one direction
• To hit the ball with the bat in a flowing motion
• To row the stroke oar of

Synonyms

• blow
• shot
• push
• thrust
• brushstroke

Examples

• She gave the cat a stroke
• a stroke on the chin
• the stroke of a birds wing in flying, or of an oar in rowing
• the stroke of a skater, swimmer, etc.
• a stroke of genius; a stroke of business; a master stroke of policy
• on the stroke of midnight
• butterfly stroke
• a stroke of apoplexy; the stroke of death
• A flash of lightning may be made up of several strokes. If they are separated by enough time for the eye to distinguish them, the lightning will appear to flicker.
• to give some finishing strokes to an essay
• to stroke a boat

Related words

• sunstroke
• breaststroke
• backstroke
• heatstroke
• keystroke
• masterstroke
• two-stroke
• upstroke
• sidestroke