"tafano" meaning in Italiano

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Noun

IPA: /taˈfano// Forms: tafani [plural]
  1. grosso insetto simile ad una mosca
    Sense id: it-tafano-it-noun-HXIMgnPV Topics: entomology, zoology
  2. persona fastidiosa e insopportabile Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: it-tafano-it-noun-gEK6w0uY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: animale, invertebrato, artropode, insetto, dittero, tabanide Derived forms: tafanare, tafanario, tafanare Related terms: tavano Translations ((senso figurato)): pest (inglese), gadfly (inglese) Translations ((zoologia),(entomologia)): horsefly (inglese), gadfly (inglese)
Categories (other): Sostantivi in italiano

Inflected forms

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      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "tafanare"
    },
    {
      "word": "tafanario"
    },
    {
      "word": "tafanare"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "dal latino popolare tafanus, e da quello classico tabanus"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tafani",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "word": "animale"
    },
    {
      "word": "invertebrato"
    },
    {
      "word": "artropode"
    },
    {
      "word": "insetto"
    },
    {
      "word": "dittero"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "famiglia"
      ],
      "word": "tabanide"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ta",
        "fà",
        "no"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italiano",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Sostantivo",
  "proverbs": [
    {
      "word": "essere noioso come un tafano"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "tavano"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "grosso insetto simile ad una mosca"
      ],
      "id": "it-tafano-it-noun-HXIMgnPV",
      "topics": [
        "entomology",
        "zoology"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Socrate si considerava il tafano degli ateniesi"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "persona fastidiosa e insopportabile"
      ],
      "id": "it-tafano-it-noun-gEK6w0uY",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/taˈfano//"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "masculine",
    "singular"
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "(zoologia),(entomologia)",
      "word": "horsefly"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "(zoologia),(entomologia)",
      "word": "gadfly"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "(senso figurato)",
      "word": "pest"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "(senso figurato)",
      "word": "gadfly"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tafano"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Sostantivi in italiano"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "tafanare"
    },
    {
      "word": "tafanario"
    },
    {
      "word": "tafanare"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "dal latino popolare tafanus, e da quello classico tabanus"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tafani",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "word": "animale"
    },
    {
      "word": "invertebrato"
    },
    {
      "word": "artropode"
    },
    {
      "word": "insetto"
    },
    {
      "word": "dittero"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "famiglia"
      ],
      "word": "tabanide"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "ta",
        "fà",
        "no"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italiano",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Sostantivo",
  "proverbs": [
    {
      "word": "essere noioso come un tafano"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "tavano"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "grosso insetto simile ad una mosca"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entomology",
        "zoology"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Socrate si considerava il tafano degli ateniesi"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "persona fastidiosa e insopportabile"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/taˈfano//"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "masculine",
    "singular"
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "(zoologia),(entomologia)",
      "word": "horsefly"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "(zoologia),(entomologia)",
      "word": "gadfly"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "(senso figurato)",
      "word": "pest"
    },
    {
      "lang": "inglese",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "sense": "(senso figurato)",
      "word": "gadfly"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tafano"
}

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