Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
mangiapane a tradimento
English translation:
sponger
Italian term
mangiapane a tradimento
| 4 +4 | sponger |
Nora Mahony
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| 5 +2 | scrounger |
Constantinos Faridis (X)
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| 4 +2 | freeloader |
Yasutomo Kanazawa
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| 4 | backstabbing parasite |
David Russi
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| 4 | cadger |
Luca Gentili
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| 4 | a leech |
Michael Korovkin
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Feb 5, 2010 10:03: Nora Mahony Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (1): Jim Tucker (X)
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Proposed translations
sponger
| agree |
philgoddard
: I agree with all the suggestions so far, but yours was first.
1 hr
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| agree |
Gad Kohenov
: +
2 hrs
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| agree |
manducci
3 hrs
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| agree |
Armilla (X)
1 day 22 hrs
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scrounger
"(Egli) mangia pane a tradimento" = "(Egli) è un mangia-pane-a-tradimento"
Guy who does not want to work and lives on someone else
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| agree |
manducci
: Also an option.
3 hrs
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grazie mille!
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| agree |
Federica Masante
9 hrs
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thanks
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Japan
Scientia est potentia
Native in: Japanese 
Works in: English to Japanese, German to Japanese, Italian to Japanese, and 3 more.
freeloader
United States
30+ years, stopped counting...
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
backstabbing parasite
Results 1 - 10 of about 51 for "backstabbing parasite". (0.19 seconds)
Belgium
Translation and localization
Native in: Italian (Variants: Standard-Italy, Roman / Romanesco)
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian, Spanish to Italian, and 3 more.
cadger
Italy
Native in: English , Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Italian to Russian, and 2 more.
a leech
Reference comments
Israel
30 years of experience+satisfied clients
Native in: French , Hebrew
Works in: English to Hebrew, Hebrew to English, French to Hebrew, and 8 more.
Sponger in this case
nmf inv (spreg) sponger, scrounger, worthless person
• mangiapane a tradimento sponger.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-01-29 13:44:01 GMT)
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From the Hoepli dictionary.
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