English translation of "per lo piu'" - "Generally; in most cases"

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181 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Italian > English
Subject:	Sciences / Non-fiction books
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	per lo piu'
Context:	Ecco i primi monaci cristiani, i padri del deserto che, nel IV secolo, a migliaia avevano
Keywords:	...popolato le contrade piu' aspre dell Siria, della Palestina e del Egitto. Per lo piu' si avvolgevano nella melote, una pelle de capra, ma non d rado erano nudi.

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181 months ago

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Generally; in most cases

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181 months ago

Rita Solis Radius - Conseil en Création Littéraire wrote:

For the most part

My references:

Practice of Italian language

181 months ago

Silke wrote:

furthermore, besides

My comment:

in questo caso credo si meglio "furthermore" oppure "besides" come adverb

181 months ago

Silke wrote:

More often, not generally

My comment:

I think it's an adverb of time

181 months ago

Silke wrote:

Usually

My comment:

This is the meaning here.

181 months ago

LucaS wrote:

Mostly

My comment:

A rather literal translation would be "for the most part" but I think Mostly is more common

181 months ago

Medilingua Hungarica wrote:

mostly, mainly

My comment:

Are you translating a work on Egyption monachs? The only religious order founded by Hungarians is that of the paulins going back to Antonius and Paulus the Heremits. (Now such an order is functioning in Czenstochowa.) In Buda(pest) you can see a copy of the chapel of the Thebae Desert...

My references:

Wictionary

181 months ago

Lisa wrote:

Most of the times

My comment:

It means: they usually would

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