Significato di pawn in italiano

• 0 any one of the eight least valuable pieces in the game of chess -- pedone

• 1 a person who does not have any real power but is used by others to achieve something -- pedina

  • The refugees are pawns in an international political dispute. I profughi sono pedine in una disputa politica internazionale.

• 2 to leave something with a someone who gives you money for it and will sell it if you do not pay the money back -- impegnare, dare in pegno

  • She pawned her wedding ring to pay the rent. Ha dato in pegno la sua fede nuziale per pagare l’affitto.

• 3 to give (an article of value) to a pawnbroker in exchange for money (which may be repaid at a later time to get the article back) -- impegnare, dare in pegno

  • I had to pawn my watch to pay the bill.

• 4 in chess, one of the small pieces of lowest rank -- pedone

  • She decided to move one of her pawns forward.

• 5 a person who is used by another person for his own gain, advantage etc -- pedina

  • She was a pawn in his ambitious plans.