Significato di piece in italiano

• 0 an amount of something, or a part of something -- pezzo

  • a piece of paper un pezzo di carta

  • She cut the cake into eight pieces. Ha tagliato il dolce in otto fette.

• 1 one of a particular type of thing -- pezzo, brano, capo

  • a piece of equipment un pezzo di attrezzatura

  • It’s a beautiful piece of furniture. È un mobile molto bello.

• 2 a single amount of a particular type of thing -- pezzo

  • I have an interesting piece of information for you. Ho un’informazione che ti dovrebbe interessare.

• 3 something that has been created by an artist, musician, or writer -- pezzo

  • a beautiful piece of music una bella musica

• 4 to break into smaller parts -- andare in pezzi

  • These shoes are falling to pieces. Queste scarpe stanno andando in pezzi.

• 5 to be very easy -- essere molto facile, essere una cosa da ragazzi

  • The exam was a piece of cake. L’esame era facilissimo.

• 6 to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong -- dirne quattro a qualcuno

  • If he does that again I’m going to give him a piece of my mind. Se lo fa di nuovo gliene dico quattro.

• 7 a part of anything -- pezzo

  • a piece of cake

  • He examined it carefully piece by piece (= each piece separately).

• 8 a single thing or example of something -- pezzo

  • a piece of paper

  • a piece of news.

• 9 a composition in music, writing (an article, short story etc), drama, sculpture etc -- pezzo, articolo

  • He wrote a piece on social reform in the local newspaper.

• 10 a coin of a particular value -- moneta

  • a five-pence piece.

• 11 in chess, draughts/checkers and other games, a small shape made of wood, metal, plastic etc that is moved according to the rules of the game. -- pedina