"tirare per i capelli" meaning in Italian

See tirare per i capelli in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: Literally, “to pull by the hair.” Etymology templates: {{m-g|to pull by the hair.}} “to pull by the hair.”, {{lit|to pull by the hair.}} Literally, “to pull by the hair.” Head templates: {{it-verb}} tirare per i capelli
  1. to convince someone to do something that they would rather not do; to coax; to drag in
    Sense id: en-tirare_per_i_capelli-it-verb-D3V5cUys Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48
  2. to contrive; to reach
    Sense id: en-tirare_per_i_capelli-it-verb-zN6DYDV7 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 57
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to pull by the hair."
      },
      "expansion": "“to pull by the hair.”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to pull by the hair."
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “to pull by the hair.”",
      "name": "lit"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “to pull by the hair.”",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tirare per i capelli",
      "name": "it-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              37,
              40
            ],
            [
              45,
              50
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              44,
              65
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He kept asking her, but he could not get her to do it.",
          "text": "L'ha chiesto più volte, ma non è riuscito a tirarla per i capelli.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to convince someone to do something that they would rather not do; to coax; to drag in"
      ],
      "id": "en-tirare_per_i_capelli-it-verb-D3V5cUys",
      "links": [
        [
          "convince",
          "convince"
        ],
        [
          "coax",
          "coax"
        ],
        [
          "drag in",
          "drag in"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "52 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              104,
              114
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              172,
              192
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Maybe Will... was in the wrong place at the wrong time and he saw something that he shouldn't have. / It's a reach.",
          "ref": "2016, Stranger Things, season 1, episode 3:",
          "text": "Jim Hopper (David Harbour): Forse Will... si è trovato nel posto sbagliato nel momento sbagliato e ha visto qualcosa che non doveva. / Calvin Powell (Rob Morgan): È un po' tirato per i capelli.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to contrive; to reach"
      ],
      "id": "en-tirare_per_i_capelli-it-verb-zN6DYDV7",
      "links": [
        [
          "contrive",
          "contrive"
        ],
        [
          "reach",
          "reach"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tirare per i capelli"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian multiword terms",
    "Italian verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to pull by the hair."
      },
      "expansion": "“to pull by the hair.”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to pull by the hair."
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “to pull by the hair.”",
      "name": "lit"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “to pull by the hair.”",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tirare per i capelli",
      "name": "it-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              37,
              40
            ],
            [
              45,
              50
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              44,
              65
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He kept asking her, but he could not get her to do it.",
          "text": "L'ha chiesto più volte, ma non è riuscito a tirarla per i capelli.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to convince someone to do something that they would rather not do; to coax; to drag in"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "convince",
          "convince"
        ],
        [
          "coax",
          "coax"
        ],
        [
          "drag in",
          "drag in"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              104,
              114
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              172,
              192
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Maybe Will... was in the wrong place at the wrong time and he saw something that he shouldn't have. / It's a reach.",
          "ref": "2016, Stranger Things, season 1, episode 3:",
          "text": "Jim Hopper (David Harbour): Forse Will... si è trovato nel posto sbagliato nel momento sbagliato e ha visto qualcosa che non doveva. / Calvin Powell (Rob Morgan): È un po' tirato per i capelli.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to contrive; to reach"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "contrive",
          "contrive"
        ],
        [
          "reach",
          "reach"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tirare per i capelli"
}

Download raw JSONL data for tirare per i capelli meaning in Italian (1.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Italian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-19 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-01 using wiktextract (c3cc510 and 1d3fdbf). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.