What somebody does with a statement instead of simply making it.
The twelfth entry is esaltare, and its English look-alike is one of the costlier traps on this page, because both words are perfectly at home in a sentence about food. « To exalt » in English raises something in rank or in praise: a hymn exalts, a promotion exalts, and the word has kept the church and the throne about it. Esaltare can do that too — esaltare le virtù di qualcuno is to sing somebody’s praises — but its ordinary working sense is the one in the sentence here: to make a quality show more strongly than it did before. Il sale esalta il sapore, la luce esalta i colori, il taglio esalta la figura. Nothing is being praised; something is being brought out. English has no single verb for that and picks by context — salt brings out a flavour, light heightens a colour, a cut flatters a figure. Write « the salt exalts the flavour » and an English reader hears a hymn to the seasoning.
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Verb (21)
veicolareto conveyVerbC2
Il documentario veicola un messaggio molto chiaro.The documentary conveys a very clear message.
rendereto render, to turn intoVerbC2
La traduzione non rende il tono dell’originale.The translation does not render the tone of the original.
raffigurareto depictVerbC2
La copertina raffigura una città vuota.The cover depicts an empty city.
evocareto evokeVerbC2
Quell’odore evoca la casa dei nonni.That smell evokes my grandparents’ house.
incarnareto embodyVerbC2
Quel personaggio incarna il dubbio di tutti.That character embodies everybody’s doubt.
simboleggiareto symboliseVerbC2
La porta aperta simboleggia il ritorno.The open door symbolises the return.
contraddistinguereto be the hallmark ofVerbC2
La calma contraddistingue il suo modo di scrivere.Calm is the hallmark of the way he writes.
esemplificareto exemplifyVerbC2
Il caso esemplifica bene il problema.The case exemplifies the problem well.
accentuareto accentuateVerbC2
La pausa accentua la parola che segue.The pause accentuates the word that follows.
esaltareto bring out, to heightenVerbC2
Il sale esalta il sapore del piatto.Salt brings out the flavour of the dish.
distillareto distilVerbC2
Ha distillato tre ore di colloquio in mezza pagina.He distilled three hours of interview into half a page.
condensareto condenseVerbC2
Il finale condensa tutta la storia.The ending condenses the whole story.
compendiareto abridgeVerbC2
Hanno compendiato il manuale per la scuola.They abridged the manual for schools.
troncareto cut shortVerbC2
Il moderatore tronca la risposta a metà.The moderator cuts the answer short halfway through.
minimizzareto play downVerbC2
Il portavoce minimizza il ritardo.The spokesman plays down the delay.
sminuireto belittleVerbC2
Sminuisce sempre quello che ha fatto.He always belittles what he has done.
eludereto evadeVerbC2
Elude ogni domanda sul costo.He evades every question about the cost.
sviareto deflectVerbC2
Ha sviato il discorso verso il tempo.He deflected the conversation towards the weather.
temporeggiareto stallVerbC2
La direzione temporeggia invece di rispondere.Management is stalling instead of answering.
ritrattareto retractVerbC2
Il testimone ha ritrattato davanti al giudice.The witness retracted before the judge.
premettereto say at the outsetVerbC2
Premetto che non conosco bene il caso.I should say at the outset that I do not know the case well.
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