boss

capo, superiore

Persona che dirige il tuo lavoro e ti dice cosa fare.

In inglese semplice: The person who directs your work and tells you what to do.

• My boss is friendly.
• I asked my boss for a day off.
• Our bosses discussed the new work schedule.

Sinonimi: manager, supervisor

Contrari: subordinate

Espressioni comuni: my boss, new boss, ask your boss

capo, titolare

Persona che gestisce un’impresa o ne è proprietaria.

In inglese semplice: The person who runs or owns a business.

• The boss owns three shops.
• Company bosses agreed to raise wages.
• Our new boss plans to expand the business.

Sinonimi: head, chief, owner

Espressioni comuni: company boss, big boss, factory boss

capo politico

Persona potente che controlla un gruppo politico in una determinata zona.

In inglese semplice: A powerful person who controls a political group in a particular area.

• The party boss chose the candidate.
• Local bosses controlled most of the votes.
• The mayor challenged the district’s powerful political boss.

Sinonimi: leader, chief

Espressioni comuni: party boss, political boss, local boss

moglie, capo

Nome scherzoso per la moglie, che suggerisce che sia lei a prendere le decisioni.

In inglese semplice: A humorous name for someone’s wife, suggesting she makes the decisions.

• I must ask the boss; she makes our weekend plans.
• My wife, the boss, chose the hotel.
• The boss says we need new curtains, so my wife and I are shopping.

Sinonimi: wife

Espressioni comuni: the boss, ask the boss

dare ordini, spadroneggiare

Dire agli altri cosa fare in modo fastidioso o autoritario.

In inglese semplice: To tell people what to do in an annoying or controlling way.

• Don’t boss me around.
• She bossed everyone about all afternoon.
• Why does he always boss his friends around?

Come si usa: boss someone around/about (My brother keeps trying to boss me around.)

Sinonimi: order around, push around

Espressioni comuni: boss someone around, boss someone about

fantastico, figo

Molto bello o impressionante; si usa nel linguaggio informale.

In inglese semplice: Very good or impressive.

• That bike is boss.
• She wore a boss jacket.
• Your new sound system looks really boss.

Sinonimi: great, excellent, cool

Contrari: terrible

Espressioni comuni: a boss car, look boss, really boss