Significato di pound in italiano

• 0 the unit of money used in the UK -- sterlina

  • a hundred pounds/£100 cento sterline

• 1 a unit for measuring weight, equal to 453.6 grams or 16 ounces -- libbra

  • a pound of potatoes mezzo chilo di patate

  • The baby weighed just four pounds when she was born. La bambina pesava solo due chili alla nascita.

• 2 (also pound sterling -- sterlina

• 3 (usually abbreviated to lb(s)when written with a number) a measure of weight (0.454 kilograms). -- sterlina

• 4 an enclosure or pen into which stray animals are put -- recinto

  • a dog pound.

• 5 to hit or strike heavily; to thump -- battere; strimpellare

  • He pounded at the door

  • The children were pounding on the piano.

• 6 to walk or run heavily -- (procedere pesantemente)

  • He pounded down the road.

• 7 to break up (a substance) into powder or liquid -- tritare

  • She pounded the dried herbs.