▻ cable
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noun
1 (rope) cavo m, fune f
anchor, steel, suspension cable cavo dell'ancora, d'acciaio, sospeso
accelerator, brake cable cavo dell'acceleratore, del freno
2 (electric) cavo m
to lay a cable posare un cavo
fibre optic cable British fiber optic cable US cavo a fibre ottiche
overhead, power cable cavo aereo, elettrico
3 (television) TV f via cavo; before n [programme, channel, network] via cavo
4 (telegram) cablogramma m
II
transitive verb
1 (telegraph) trasmettere mediante cablogramma, cablare (that che)
to cable sb sth or to cable sth to sb cablare qcs a qcn
2 (provide with cables) cablare [house, area]