Italian English Dictionary

italiano - English

elegante in English:

1. elegant elegant


She looks very elegant.
A very elderly couple is having an elegant dinner to celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary.
The high performance and the elegant design of this model have combined to give it a high reputation.
Truthful speech is not elegant, and elegant speech is not truthful. Good words are not persuasive, and persuasive words are not good. The knowledgeable are not many, and the many are not knowledgeable.
How about spending an elegant and blissful time at a beauty salon?
Many people, if not most, look on literary taste as an elegant accomplishment.
They could hear the elegant, flowing sound of a harp coming from somewhere.
Islamic culture has given us majestic arches and soaring spires; timeless poetry and cherished music; elegant calligraphy and places of peaceful contemplation.
Pooja, the elegant lady with mellifluous voice, is to star in an upcoming Bollywood movie.
I prefer Noh to Kabuki, because the former looks more elegant to me than the latter.
The most effective means for the propagation of Esperanto is the fluent and elegant use of this language.
- What do you think about this shirt? - It is very elegant, you should buy it and wear for the party tomorrow.
In my opinion, wine is one of the most elegant products that agriculture can produce.
People don’t expect a policewoman to look elegant.
An elegant couple in evening dress got out of the limousine.

English word "elegante"(elegant) occurs in sets:

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Italian Adjectives

2. posh posh


He takes her to some really posh restaurants.
But it also has that kind of a posh name that you might get for a restaurant in London ‘Clink’.
a posh restaurant
That restaurant is really posh.
Everyone loves a free meal in a posh restaurant.
What is this posh guy doing here?
She was used to posh boys from the south making fun of her soft northern accent.
This house is located in the posh suburb of Medina.
the posh gathering spaces popping up at male-dominated tech and business conferences around the globe
a posh private school
They used to eat in some really posh restaurants in London.
We have a posh British accent.
posh hotel/restaurant/dress/car/accent/people
That restaurant is really posh. (Ta restauracja jest naprawdę wykwintna.)
He's a posh toff.