square

quadrato

Figura piana con quattro lati diritti uguali e quattro angoli di 90 gradi.

In inglese semplice: A flat shape with four equal straight sides and four corners of 90 degrees.

• Draw a square on the paper.
• The pattern contains circles and squares.
• Are all four sides of this square equal?

Espressioni comuni: draw a square, small square, perfect square

casella

Piccolo spazio di un tabellone o di una tabella suddivisi da linee che si incrociano.

In inglese semplice: One small space in a board or chart divided by crossing lines.

• Move your piece to the next square.
• Two squares on the board are empty.
• Write one letter in each square.

Sinonimi: cell

Espressioni comuni: empty square, chess square, black square

cancelletto

Il simbolo # sulla tastiera di un telefono.

In inglese semplice: The # sign on a telephone keypad.

• Press square after entering your number.
• The square key is below the nine.
• Did you press square at the end?

Sinonimi: hash, pound sign

Espressioni comuni: press square, square key

quadrato

Con quattro lati uguali e quattro angoli di 90 gradi.

In inglese semplice: Having four equal straight sides and four corners of 90 degrees.

• We bought a square table.
• The bathroom has small square tiles.
• Is the box round or square?

Contrari: round

Espressioni comuni: square table, square box, square window

retto

Che ha o forma un angolo di 90 gradi.

In inglese semplice: Having or forming an angle of 90 degrees.

• Make sure the corner is square.
• The carpenter checked both square edges.
• This cut must be square to the surface.

Sinonimi: right-angled

Espressioni comuni: square corner, square cut, square edge

in squadra

Con tutte le parti dritte e agli angoli giusti, senza inclinazioni o torsioni.

In inglese semplice: Having all parts straight and at the correct angles, without leaning or twisting.

• The door frame must be square.
• We checked that the wooden box was square.
• These walls are no longer square.

Sinonimi: aligned

Espressioni comuni: square frame, perfectly square, keep something square

elevare al quadrato

Moltiplicare un numero per sé stesso.

In inglese semplice: To multiply a number by itself.

• Square five to get twenty-five.
• We squared each number in the list.
• Do you need to square the result?

Espressioni comuni: square a number, square the value

conciliare, quadrare

Rendere compatibili più cose, oppure essere in accordo con qualcos’altro.

In inglese semplice: To make things agree, or to fit with something else.

• These figures do not square with our records.
• She squared her decision with her personal values.
• Can you square the two accounts?

Come si usa: square with something (His story does not square with the evidence.); square something with something (How do you square those actions with your beliefs?)

Sinonimi: reconcile, agree, fit

Espressioni comuni: square with something, square the accounts, square something up