attraversare

Definitions of attraversare
  1. verb
    move past
    synonyms: passare, scavalcare, transitare, trasferirsi
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    types:
    costeggiare
    pass around or about; move along the border
    type of:
    andare, gire, ire, muovere, portarsi, recarsi, trasferirsi
    change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
  2. verb
    travel across or pass over
    synonyms: coprire, oltrepassare, percorrere, valicare
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    guadare
    cross a river where it's shallow
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    scavalcare
    go across or through
  3. verb
    go or live through
    synonyms: andare, fare esperienza, passare, scorrere, sottostare, subire, vivere
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    apprendere, conoscere, sapere, sentire, venire a sapere
    have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
    confluire
    undergo or suffer
    risentire, sentire
    undergo passive experience of:"We felt the effects of inflation"
    continuare, perpetuarsi, rivivere
    experience again, often in the imagination
    type of:
    prendere, sottostare, subire, venire
    pass through
  4. verb
    hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
    synonyms: bloccare, castrare, deludere, deviare, frustrare, limitare, ostacolare, parare, sventare
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    deludere, disilludere, disingannare, frustrare
    fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
    deludere, disilludere, disincantare, disingannare, spoetizzare
    free from enchantment
    type of:
    precludere, proibire, vietare
    keep from happening or arising; make impossible
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