Significato di stroke in italiano

• 0 to gently move your hand over a surface -- accarezzare, lisciare

  • She stroked the dog. Ha accarezzato il cane.

• 1 a serious medical condition in the brain that makes you suddenly unable to move part of your body -- colpo, ictus

• 2 a movement that you make against something with your hand, a pen, a brush, etc. -- tratto (di penna), pennellata, colpo, tocco

  • a brush stroke una pennellata

• 3 a style of swimming -- stile di nuoto

• 4 something good that happens to you by chance -- un colpo di fortuna

• 5 an act of hitting, or the blow given -- colpo

  • He felled the tree with one stroke of the axe

  • the stroke of a whip.

• 6 a sudden occurrence of something -- colpo

  • a stroke of lightning

  • an unfortunate stroke of fate

  • What a stroke of luck to find that money!

• 7 the sound made by a clock striking the hour -- suono, rintocco

  • She arrived on the stroke of (= punctually at) ten.

• 8 a movement or mark made in one direction by a pen, pencil, paintbrush etc -- tratto; pennellata

  • short, even pencil strokes.

• 9 a single pull of an oar in rowing, or a hit with the bat in playing cricket. -- vogata; colpo, giocata

• 10 a movement of the arms and legs in swimming, or a particular method of swimming -- bracciata; stile

  • He swam with slow, strong strokes

  • Can you do breaststroke/backstroke?

• 11 an effort or action -- sforzo

  • I haven’t done a stroke (of work) all day.

• 12 a sudden attack of illness which damages the brain, causing paralysis, loss of feeling in the body etc -- attacco

  • She suffered a stroke.

• 13 to rub (eg a furry animal) gently and repeatedly in one direction, especially as a sign of affection -- accarezzare

  • He stroked the cat / her hair

  • The dog loves being stroked.

• 14 an act of stroking -- carezza

  • He gave the dog a stroke.