Italian → English
▻ dam1
/BrE dam 
, AmE dæm /
I
noun
1 (construction) barriera f; (to prevent flooding) diga f
2 (body of water) bacino m idrico (di una diga)
II
transitive verb
(forma in -ing damming passato, participio passato dammed)
Engineering arginare [river, lake]; (to prevent flooding) costruire dighe su [river, lake]
Phrasal verb
■ dam up
dam up [sth], dam [sth] up
1 dam1 II
2 (block up) sbarrare [river, canal]; trattenere [feelings]; bloccare [flow of words, money, supplies]