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cri cri

English translation: Screech...screech...

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Italian term or phrase:cri cri
English translation:Screech...screech...
Entered by: Maria Burnett

15:47 Oct 15, 2019
Italian to English translations [PRO]
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Italian term or phrase: cri cri
. I cri cri che emetteva in volo servivano per esplorare l’ambiente e l’eco prodotto veniva trasmesso al cervello trasformandosi in immagini. Altro che i pipistrelli erano ciechi! Vedevano soltanto in modo diverso.
Maria Burnett
United States
Local time: 18:13
Screech...screech...
Explanation:
Ho cercato il suono che emette il pipistrello ed ho trovato questo elenco.

www.paulnoll.cm



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Note added at 24 min (2019-10-15 16:12:19 GMT)
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I'm sorry I left a comment in italian:
I have checked the sound of a Bat and than the onomatopeic sound. I have found a prospect and they wrote that the sound of a bat is screech
..screech..
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Roberta Broccoletti
Italy
Local time: 00:13
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2Screech...screech...
Roberta Broccoletti
3 +1chirping
Angie Garbarino
4call—squeak, squeak/cheep, cheep
Wolf Draeger


Discussion entries: 1





  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
chirping


Explanation:
I found this here, could be?
https://context.reverso.net/traduzione/italiano-inglese/Fa c...

Angie Garbarino
Local time: 00:13
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: This is very straightforward - you just have to look up what noise bats make. http://www.crittercontrol.com/services/bats/bat-noises
5 mins
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Screech...screech...


Explanation:
Ho cercato il suono che emette il pipistrello ed ho trovato questo elenco.

www.paulnoll.cm



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Note added at 24 min (2019-10-15 16:12:19 GMT)
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I'm sorry I left a comment in italian:
I have checked the sound of a Bat and than the onomatopeic sound. I have found a prospect and they wrote that the sound of a bat is screech
..screech..

Roberta Broccoletti
Italy
Local time: 00:13
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Giulia Latini
1 hr
  -> Grazie!
agree  bluenoric
20 hrs
  -> Grazie!
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1 day 4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
call—squeak, squeak/cheep, cheep


Explanation:
When referring to the sound bats make to echolocate, the proper term is "call". If you need to use onomatopoeia (as for the owl elsewhere in your tale), I would favour cute over 100% accurate and opt for "squeak, squeak" (and perhaps "cheep, cheep" if you want or need variation).

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Note added at 1 day 4 hrs (2019-10-16 19:58:12 GMT)
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Aslo check out:
http://apps.npr.org/bats/
http://teachertech.rice.edu/Participants/cllamas/lessons/sci...

Example sentence(s):
  • The calls they send out in flight serve to sound out their surroundings, and the resulting echoes are transmitted to the brain in the form of images.

    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_echolocation#Bats
    Reference: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-do-bats-echolo...
Wolf Draeger
South Africa
Local time: 00:13
Native speaker of: English
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