Significado
scissors
- A cutting instrument with two crossed blades; almost always used in the plural 'forbici'
- A gap, discrepancy, or spread between two values (economic or figurative)
En una frase
Dove hai messo le forbici?
Where did you put the scissors?
Ho bisogno di un paio di forbici per aprire la scatola.
I need a pair of scissors to open the box.
Queste forbici non tagliano bene la carta.
These scissors do not cut paper well.
Formas de la palabra (2)
| Palabra | Formas de la palabra |
|---|---|
| forbice | feminine · singular |
| forbici | feminine · plural |
Notas de uso
- When referring to scissors, the plural 'le forbici' is standard, treated as plural: 'dove sono le forbici?'.
- The singular 'forbice' is often used figuratively for statistical gaps or economic disparities.