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snuffling

Italian translation: fiutare/annusare

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English term or phrase:snuffling
Italian translation:fiutare/annusare
Entered by: Maura Sciuccati

17:50 Mar 18, 2007
English to Italian translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Zoology
English term or phrase: snuffling
Ciao,

esiste un verbo italiano che descrive il suono che gli animali fanno quando fiutano il terreno? Dovrei rendere il verbo 'snuffle' nella seguente frase: "The mammals, birds and insects of the night-time woodland usually hunt alone, but they use sounds to keep in touch with each other, hooting, chirping and snuffling as they move through the undergrowth"

Per il momento ho messo 'fiutare' ma mi sembra che questo verbo si riferisca più a un'azione che non al suono emesso da quell'azione. Dato che i due verbi precedenti (hooting e chirping) si riferiscono a suoni pensavo fosse meglio mantenere lo stesso senso.

Grazie in anticipo,
Maura
Maura Sciuccati
Local time: 11:54
fiutare/annusare
Explanation:
fiutare/annusare
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SilvanaC.
Italy
Local time: 11:54
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Grazie mille!
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3fiutare/annusare
SilvanaC.
3annusare rumorosamente
Gloria Cabalisti


  

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fiutare/annusare


Explanation:
fiutare/annusare


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SilvanaC.
Italy
Local time: 11:54
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Grazie mille!
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annusare rumorosamente


Explanation:
to snuffle [snfl]
v. i.
1 tirare su col naso
2 (di animale) annusare rumorosamente [Zanichelli]

purtroppo non ho trovato nulla di meglio!

Gloria Cabalisti
Italy
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