Italian → English
► pack1
/BrE pak 
, AmE pæk /
I
noun
1 (container) (box) pacco m; (large box) scatola f; (bag) sacchetto m
a cigarette pack un pacchetto di sigarette
a cornflakes pack una scatola di cornflakes
2 (group) (of wolves, dogs) branco m; (of people) banda f; (of hounds, in hunting) muta f; (of cub scouts, brownies) branco m
3 Sport (in rugby) pacchetto m; (in race) gruppo m
4 Games (of cards) mazzo m
5 (load) (backpack) zaino m; (carried by animal) soma f
6 Medicine impacco m; (smaller) compressa f
II -pack
combining form
a two, four-pack (of cassettes, beer) una confezione da due, quattro
III
transitive verb
1 (stow) (in suitcase) mettere [qcs] in valigia [clothes]; (in box, crate) imballare, impacchettare [ornaments, books]
2 (put things into) riempire [box, crate]
to pack one's suitcase fare or preparare la valigia
to pack one's bags fare i bagagli (also )
to pack sth with riempire qcs di
3 (package commercially) imballare, impacchettare [fruit, meat, goods]
4 (cram into) [people, crowd] stiparsi in, affollare [church, theatre, stadium]; riempire [corner, hole, gap] (with di)
to be packed with essere pieno zeppo di [people]; essere pieno di [ideas, sweets]
to pack sth into a hole tappare un buco con qcs
5 (press firmly) pressare [snow, earth]
6 (carry) portare, avere addosso [pistol, gun]
IV
intransitive verb
1 (get ready for departure) [person] fare le valigie
2 (crowd)
to pack into stiparsi, affollarsi in [hall, theatre, church, stadium]
Idioms
a pack of lies
un sacco di bugie
to send sb packing
cacciare via qcn
Phrasal verbs
■ pack away
pack [sth] away, pack away [sth]
mettere via, riporre [clothes, books]
■ pack in
pack in
(break down) [car, machine] rompersi; [heart, liver] collassare, smettere di funzionare
pack [sth] in, pack in [sth]
1 (cram in) fare entrare, pigiare [people]
that musical is really packing them in quel musical sta veramente attirando un sacco di pubblico
2 (give up) piantare [job, boyfriend]
to pack it all in mollare tutto
I've packed in smoking ho smesso di fumare
pack it in! piantala!
■ pack off
pack [sb] off, pack off [sb]
mandare, spedire via
to pack sb off to spedire qcn a [school, bed]; spedire qcn in [country]
■ pack up
pack up
1 (prepare to go) [person] fare i bagagli
2 (break down) [TV, machine] guastarsi; [car] andare in panne; [heart, liver] collassare
3 (stop) smettere, piantare
pack [sth] up, pack up [sth]
1 (put away) mettere via [books, clothes]; (in boxes, crates) imballare, inscatolare [books, objects]
2 (stop)
to pack up doing smettere di fare