KISS AND TELL
Italian translation: Spifferare
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| 12:16 May 11, 2009 |
| English to Italian translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / VARIE | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Christian Olivo (X) Italy Local time: 13:35 | ||||||
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| 5 +1 | Dirla lunga |
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| 5 +1 | Spifferare |
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| 5 | spettegolare, parlare a ruota libera dei fatti altrui |
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| 4 | raccontare informazioni private |
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2 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| kiss and tell Dirla lunga Explanation: Così, senza contesto, significa "dirla lunga". |
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14 mins confidence:
| kiss and tell spettegolare, parlare a ruota libera dei fatti altrui Explanation: Dal Merriam Webster on line: telling details of private matters <kiss–and–tell autobiographies> |
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23 mins confidence: 
| kiss and tell raccontare informazioni private Explanation: Dirla lunga is the way as it is usually translated. Kiss and tell is also used as:Disclosing private or confidential information, especially in a first-hand account. It can be frequently found in gossip. It's what Monica Lewinski has done! I don't know if it fits to your context;-) Example sentence(s):
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33 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| kiss and tell Spifferare Explanation: Dato il contesto (bellissima canzone di Terence Trent D'Arby), direi "Spifferare". Che te ne pare? |
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