Significato di cover in italiano

• 0 to put something over something else -- coprire

  • They covered him with a blanket. L’hanno coperto con una coperta.

  • He covered his face with his hands. Si è coperto il viso con le mani.

• 1 to form a layer on the surface of something -- coprire

  • Snow covered the trees. La neve ha ricoperto gli alberi.

• 2 to include or deal with a subject or piece of information -- trattare, includere

  • The book covers European history from 1789–1914. Il libro tratta la storia europea dal 1789 al 1914.

• 3 to travel a particular distance -- percorrere

  • We covered 300 miles in four days. Abbiamo percorso 300 miglia in quattro giorni.

• 4 to be a particular size or area -- coprire, occupare

  • The town covers an area of 15 square miles. La città occupa un’area di 15 miglia quadrate.

• 5 to report the news about a particular important event -- riportare

  • She’s covering the election for BBC television. Segue le elezioni per la BBC.

• 6 the outer part of a book, magazine, etc. that protects the pages -- copertina

  • Her picture was on the cover of Vogue. La sua fotografia era sulla copertina di Vogue.

• 7 something you put over something else, usually to protect it -- copertura, fodera

  • an ironing board cover una copertura per tavolo da stiro

• 8 to put or spread something on, over or in front of -- coprire

  • They covered (up) the body with a sheet

  • My shoes are covered in paint.

• 9 to be enough to pay for -- coprire

  • Will 10 dollars cover your expenses?

• 10 to travel -- percorrere

  • We covered forty miles in one day.

• 11 to stretch over a length of time etc -- coprire

  • His diary covered three years.

• 12 to protect -- coprire

  • Are we both covered by your car insurance?

• 13 to report on -- occuparsi di

  • I’m covering the race for the local newspaper.

• 14 to point a gun at -- tenere nel mirino

  • I had him covered.

• 15 something which covers, especially a cloth over a table, bed etc -- copertura, coperta

  • a table-cover

  • a bed-cover

  • They replaced the cover on the manhole.

• 16 something that gives protection or shelter -- riparo, copertura

  • The soldiers took cover from the enemy gunfire

  • insurance cover.

• 17 something that hides -- protezione

  • He escaped under cover of darkness.