English-Italian translations for uncle

• zio
  Siamo troppo orgogliosi per cedere completamente gli interessi europei allo zio Sam. We are too proud to hand over Europe's interests lock, stock and barrel to Uncle Sam.
  Mio zio nel 1946 è stato ucciso in un lager cecoslovacco. My uncle was murdered in a Czech camp in 1946.
  Niente può giustificare attentati omicidi, né le provocazioni dello Stato ebraico, né la benevolenza dello zio Sam nei confronti di Israele. Nothing can excuse murderous attacks, not the provocation of the Hebrew State, nor the benevolence of Uncle Sam towards Israel.

Definition of uncle

• The brother or brother-in-law of one’s parent
• The male cousin of one’s parent
• A source of advice, encouragement, or help
• a man of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin
• A cry used to indicate surrender
• To address somebody by the term ''uncle''

Related words

• caruncle
• great-uncle
• unclear
• unclean
• unclearly
• unclearness
• peduncle
• granduncle
• half-uncle