Significato di do in italiano

• 0 used with another verb to form questions and negative phrases -- usato con un altro verbo per formare frasi negative e interrogative

  • Do you need any help? Hai bisogno di aiuto?

  • I don’t know. Non lo so.

• 1 used at the end of a sentence to make it into a question -- usato alla fine di una frase per renderla interrogativa

  • Sarah lives near here, doesn’t she? Sarah abita qui vicino, no?

• 2 used to avoid repeating a verb that has just been used -- usato per evitare di ripetere lo stesso verbo in una frase

  • ‘I hate that song.’ ‘So do I.’ “Odio quella canzone.” “Anch’io.”

• 3 used to make the main verb stronger -- usato per rafforzare il verbo principale

  • He does like you – he’s just shy. Davvero gli piaci – è solo timido.

• 4 to perform an action -- fare

  • Go upstairs and do your homework. Vai di sopra e fa’ il compito.

• 5 to perform a type of exercise or activity -- fare

  • She does yoga three times a week. Fa yoga tre volte per settimana.

• 6 to make or prepare something -- fare

  • Max’s Café does great sandwiches. La tavola calda Max fa degli ottimi sandwich.

• 7 used for talking or asking about how healthy, happy, or successful someone is -- andare, cavarsela

  • ‘How is your niece doing?’ ‘She’s doing really well, thanks.’ “Come va tua nipote?” “Va molto bene, grazie.”

• 8 to study a subject -- studiare

  • Diana did history at university. Diana ha studiato storia all’università.

• 9 to perform a job in the house -- fare le pulizie, fare da mangiare, ecc.

  • I do the cooking, but Joe does most of the cleaning. Io cucino ma Joe fa la maggior parte delle pulizie.

• 10 used to ask what someone’s job is -- che cosa fai, fa, ecc. di lavoro?

  • ‘What do you do?’ ‘I’m a doctor.’ “Che lavoro fai?” “Sono medico.”

• 11 to not succeed, or to succeed -- riuscire male/bene

  • Sam did very well in his exam. Sam è riuscito molto bene all’esame.

• 12 to make your hair, make-up, etc. look nice -- farsi i capelli, il trucco, ecc.

  • It takes him half an hour to do his hair in the morning. Impiega mezz’ora a sistemarsi i capelli al mattino.

• 13 to be related to something -- avere a che fare con qualcosa

  • She lacks confidence and I think that has to do with her childhood. Non ha sicurezza di sé e credo che abbia a che fare con la sua infanzia.

• 14 to have a good effect on someone -- fare bene a qualcuno, giovare a qualcuno

  • A holiday would do you good. Una vacanza ti farebbe bene.

• 15 will be satisfactory -- essere sufficiente

  • You don’t have to pay now. Next week will do. Non occorre che lei paghi ora. Va bene la prossima settimana.

• 16 to need or want someone or something -- fare caso di qualcuno o qualcosa (espresso al condizionale)

  • I could do with a few days off work. Farei caso di qualche giorno di permesso dal lavoro.

• 17 a party or other social event: -- Colin farà una festicciola per i suoi cinquant’anni.

  • Colin’s having a do for his 50th birthday. Colin farà una festicciola per i suoi cinquant’anni.

  • It was one of those dos where nobody really knew each other. Era una di quelle feste dove nessuno si conosceva.

• 18 used with a more important verb in questions and negative statements -- (verbo usato per evitare la ripetizione del verbo immediatamente precedente)

  • Do you smoke?

  • I don’t know where he lives.

• 19 used with a more important verb for emphasis -- (verbo ausiliare usato nelle frasi interrogative e negative)

  • I did buy a ticket but I must have lost it

  • Do sit down

• 20 used to avoid repeating a verb which comes immediately before -- (verbo usato per enfatizzare un altro verbo)

  • I thought she wouldn’t come, but she did.

• 21 used to make question tags -- fare

  • She lives in New York, doesn’t she?

• 22 used with a more important verb after seldom, rarely and little -- (verbo usato insieme ad un altro verbo più importante dopo certi avverbi)

  • Little did he know what was in store for him.

• 23 to carry out or perform -- fare

  • What shall I do?

  • That was a terrible thing to do.

• 24 to manage to finish or complete -- fare, finire

  • When you’ve done that, you can start on this

  • We did a hundred kilometres in an hour.

• 25 to perform an activity concerning something -- fare

  • I’ve still got to do the washing

  • We need to do the garden – it’s becoming overgrown.

• 26 to be enough or suitable for a purpose -- andare, andare bene

  • Will this piece of fish do two of us?

  • That’ll do nicely

  • Do you want me to look for a blue one or will a pink one do?

  • Will next Saturday do for our next meeting?

• 27 to work at or study -- fare

  • She’s doing sums

  • He’s at university doing science.

• 28 to manage or prosper -- stare, andare

  • How’s your wife doing?

  • My son is doing well at school.

• 29 to put in order or arrange -- fare

  • She’s doing her hair.

• 30 to act or behave -- fare

  • Why don’t you do as we do?

• 31 to give or show -- fare

  • The whole town gathered to do him honour.

• 32 to cause -- fare

  • What damage did the storm do?

  • It won’t do him any harm.

• 33 to see everything and visit everything in -- visitare

  • They tried to do London in four days.

• 34 an affair or a festivity, especially a party -- festa, ricevimento

  • The school is having a do for Christmas.

• 35 to treat fairly or properly -- rendere giustizia*

  • It would not be doing him justice to call him lazy when he’s so ill.

• 36 to fulfil/fulfill the highest possibilities of; to get the best results from; to show fully or fairly -- fare onore a*, farsi onore*, farsi valere*

  • I was so tired that I didn’t do myself justice in the exam.