tradire

betray

coniuge be unfaithful to

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tradire v.tr.

1 to betray (anche fig. ); (ingannare) to deceive; (essere infedele a) to be unfaithful to (s.o., sthg.): mi hai tradito, you have deceived me; tradire la moglie, il marito, to be unfaithful to one's wife, one's husband; tradire la patria, la famiglia, gli ideali, una causa, to betray one's country, one's family, one's ideals, a cause // tradire un testo, to misinterpret a text

2 (rivelare) to betray, to reveal: la sua eccitazione tradiva il suo timore, his excitement revealed (o betrayed) his fear // tradire un segreto, to betray a secret

3 (fig.) (venir meno a qlcu.) to fail (s.o.): la memoria può tradirmi, my memory sometimes fails me; le sue parole hanno tradito il suo pensiero, non intendeva dire questo, his words have failed to express his thought, he did not mean to say this.

◘ tradirsi v.rifl. to betray oneself, to give* oneself away: con quelle parole si tradì, with those words he betrayed himself.

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[tra'dire]

1. vt

1) (gen) to betray, (coniuge) to cheat on, be unfaithful to

ha tradito suo marito — she was unfaithful to her husband

tradire la fiducia di qn — to betray sb's trust

hai tradito la mia fiducia — you betrayed my trust

ha tradito le attese di tutti — he let everyone down

se la memoria non mi tradisce — if my memory serves me well

2) (rivelare: segreto) to reveal, let out, give away

2. vr (tradirsi)

to give o.s. away

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[tra'dire] 1.

verbo transitivo

1) to betray [persona, paese, sentimenti, segreto, fiducia]; (mancare a) to break* [promessa]

2) (essere infedele a) to betray, to deceive, to be* unfaithful to, to cheat on [partner]

3) (deludere) to blight [speranze]

tradire le aspettative di qcn. — to fail to live up to sb.'s expectations

4) (rivelare) [rossore, voce, parole] to betray, to give* away, to reveal [paura, impazienza]

5) (cedere) [gambe, forze] to fail

se la memoria non mi tradisce — if my memory doesn't fail me, if my memory serves me well

2.

verbo pronominale tradirsi (svelarsi) to betray oneself, to give* oneself away

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tradire

/tra'dire/ [102]

I verbo transitivo

 1 to betray [persona, paese, sentimenti, segreto, fiducia]; (mancare a) to break* [promessa]

 2 (essere infedele a) to betray, to deceive, to be* unfaithful to, to cheat on [partner]

 3 (deludere) to blight [speranze]; tradire le aspettative di qcn. to fail to live up to sb.'s expectations

 4 (rivelare) [rossore, voce, parole] to betray, to give* away, to reveal [paura, impazienza]

 5 (cedere) [gambe, forze] to fail; se la memoria non mi tradisce if my memory doesn't fail me, if my memory serves me well

II tradirsi verbo pronominale

 (svelarsi) to betray oneself, to give* oneself away.