barricare

barricade

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barricare v.tr. to barricade, to block.

◘ barricarsi v.rifl. to barricade oneself: si barricò dietro un mucchio di bugie, he took refuge behind a pack of lies // barricare in casa, (fig.) to barricade oneself in one's house // barricare dietro un silenzio impenetrabile, to entrench oneself behind an impenetrable silence (o a wall of silence).

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[barri'kare]

1. vt

to barricade

2. vr (barricarsi)

barricarsi in/dietro — to barricade o.s. in/behind

barricarsi in camera — to shut o.s. up in one's room

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[barri'kare] 1.

verbo transitivo

1) to barricade [strada, passaggio]

2) (sprangare) to bar [porta, finestra]

2.

verbo pronominale barricarsi to barricade oneself (in in, into)

si è barricata in camera — she shut herself up in her room

-rsi dietro un assoluto silenzio — fig. to retreat into stubborn silence

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barricare

/barri'kare/ [1]

I verbo transitivo

 1 to barricade [strada, passaggio]

 2 (sprangare) to bar [porta, finestra]

II barricarsi verbo pronominale

 to barricade oneself (in in, into); si è barricata in camera she shut herself up in her room; -rsi dietro un assoluto silenzio fig. to retreat into stubborn silence.