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157 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

Italian > English

Subject:

Other

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

a far numero

Context:

Ricorderò il barone Arturo Berlingieri, della ricca e nobile famiglia calabra, da poco...

Keywords:

...trasferitasi a Roma, LIllo Morani, fratello di Nando, e aggregatosi a noi in un secondo tempo, e qualche altro sporadico elemento, invitato di volta in volta, a far numero.

 

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157 months ago

  See profile wrote:

just for show

My comment:

Fare numero: accrescere una quantità, contare solo come presenza, non partecipare in modo attivo.
"Alcuni giocatori della squadra fanno solo numero".

My references:

http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario_italiano/N/numero.shtml

157 months ago

  See profile wrote:

to make the party bigger

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157 months ago

  See profile wrote:

so as to make a larger party

157 months ago

  See profile wrote:

to make up the number/numbers

My comment:

I'm not sure. Are the keywords the next part of the text?

157 months ago

Josephine Cassar  See profile wrote:

to make up the number/numbers

My comment:

I'm not sure. Are the keywords the next part of the text?