stumbling

Italian translation: vacillante /ondeggiante/instabile

09:15 Nov 9, 2013
English to Italian translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
English term or phrase: stumbling
Most of the crowd was binge drinking but mostly on light beer and over
hours. They would go to sleep — not pass out — get up the next morning
and go about working and studying. But a couple of guys appeared bombed,
including a stumbling senior who gave a lengthy interview to a reporter,
then e-mailed the next afternoon.
Trn
Italian translation:vacillante /ondeggiante/instabile
Explanation:
perché ubriaco..

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barcollante...

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senior ..penso studente dell'ultimo anno

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senior student..
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Elena Zanetti
Italy
Local time: 02:49
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4malfermo sulle gambe
Luciana Trevisi
3 +4vacillante /ondeggiante/instabile
Elena Zanetti
4barcollante (vacillante)
Ellen Kraus


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
malfermo sulle gambe


Explanation:
Dato che si parla di sbronze, può riferirsi al fatto che fa fatica a reggersi in piedi, che inciampa.

Luciana Trevisi
Italy
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Françoise Vogel
18 mins
  -> grazie!

agree  AdamiAkaPataflo: :-)
1 hr
  -> grazie!

agree  Mariagrazia Centanni: Anche soltanto 'malfermo'.
14 hrs
  -> grazie!

agree  Marianna Aita
1 day 11 hrs
  -> grazie!
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
vacillante /ondeggiante/instabile


Explanation:
perché ubriaco..

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barcollante...

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Note added at 19 min (2013-11-09 09:34:35 GMT)
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senior ..penso studente dell'ultimo anno

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Note added at 19 min (2013-11-09 09:34:54 GMT)
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senior student..

Elena Zanetti
Italy
Local time: 02:49
Works in field
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 48
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
Notes to answerer
Asker: e senior? maggiorenne?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Françoise Vogel
16 mins
  -> grazie di nuovo!

agree  AdamiAkaPataflo: :-)
1 hr
  -> :-)

agree  zerlina: x barcollante:-))
4 hrs
  -> :-)

agree  Mariagrazia Centanni: Per 'instabile'.
14 hrs
  -> grazie!
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45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
barcollante (vacillante)


Explanation:
I´d say

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https://www.facebook.com/.../un-uomo...barcollando/140585615...
Un uomo UBRIACO torna a casa barcollando. August 9, 2010 at 12:07pm. Infila le chiavi nella porta e in quel momento tira una scossa di terremoto, e l'ubriaco: ...

Ellen Kraus
Austria
Local time: 02:49
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 7

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Elena Zanetti: stessa risposta..
12 mins
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