Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
vestirsi di musica
English translation:
to eat, sleep and breathe music
Added to glossary by
musicaclab68
Mar 22, 2011 11:51
13 yrs ago
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Italian term
vestirsi di musica
Homework / test
Italian to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
fairy tale
la regina le ordinò di studiare tanto la musica, di impegnarsi con le crome, biscrome e minime affinchè fosse tutt'uno con la musica, in altre parole voleva si vestisse di musica...
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | to eat, sleep and breathe music |
Oliver Lawrence
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| 5 | to dress in music |
Renius ARSENESCU
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| 3 +2 | to immerse oneself in music |
KayW
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| 3 | to be surrounded by music |
Pnina
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| 3 | bathe in the music |
Simona Vairo
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Proposed translations
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Oliver Lawrence
Italy
Italy
Native in English
Works in field
Italy
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to eat, sleep and breathe music
unless there is something particularly significant that you're not telling us about the use of 'vestirsi' per se.
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7 mins
Renius ARSENESCU
Technical & Scientific Translations
Native in: Romanian
Works in: French to Romanian, German to Romanian, English to Romanian, and 7 more.
to dress in music
Like "to be enveloped in music"
+2
17 mins
to immerse oneself in music
A more direct translation would be "to clothe oneself" but "immerse" sounds more natural in English.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Oliver Lawrence
: probably a bit elevated in tone for a fairy tale
1 hr
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| agree |
Joel Schaefer
: just right, and active voice sounds better here
1 hr
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| agree |
luskie
: io direi clothe, perché è un'espressione strana che non suona tanto bene neanche in italiano (e sospetto che altrove nel testo ci sia un motivo, per cui viene usata...)
1 day 21 hrs
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31 mins
to be surrounded by music
I prefer to be surrounded by music, poetry, dancing, anything and anyone creative.
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The phrase "surrounded by music" gives 1,350,000 Google hits.
1 hr
Simona Vairo
Italy
Italy
Native in Italian
&
English
Works in field
Italy
Precision is Priceless
Native in: English 
, Italian
Works in: Italian to English, English to Italian
bathe in the music
an option :)
also meld or merge with the music
also meld or merge with the music
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