Translation for "pie" to english
Translation examples
adjective
- che tipo è? - è dedito ad opere pie
He's dedicated to pious acts, he's very courteous.
Queste pie fantasie americane... dicono il vero.
These pious American fictions spoken like truth.
Domani all'alba avveleneremo Lorenzo nell'atto stesso di ricevere la Santa Comunione, e al diavolo le pie esitazioni del cardinal Orsini.
Dawn tomorrow we will poison Lorenzo in the very act of taking holy communion, and damn Cardinal Orsini's pious hesitations.
E' come in chiesa, qui! Benche' manchino le pie fedeli.
It's like a church in here... though it lacks even pious women.
E tu stai lì immobile con le tue pie stronzate!
And you sit there with this pious bullshit.
Le pie erano oggetto di sevizie continue e dolorose autopunizioni.
The pious gave themselves up to many a regrettable self-punishment.
"Con opere buone, diventano buone, donne pie."
"...with good works, as becomes good, pious women."
Sono... dei parassiti travestiti da persone pie.
They are... parasites dressed as pious.
Quelle che sarebbero accettate da congregazioni pie o in case di cura, oggi.
those who are taken in by pious organizations and nursing homes nowadays.
Mia cara Charlotte, dovete restituire... ai vostri amici le pie suore... per vivere nella preghiera e nella contemplazione.
Dearest Charlotte, you must return return to your friends the pious nuns and live in prayer and contemplation.
adjective
Le pie donne son rare
- Devout women are rare
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