What does gobba in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word gobba in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use gobba in Italian.

The word gobba in Italian means hump, hump, hump, bump, bulge, crescent, half-moon, hunchbacked, hunchback, teleprompter, hunched, bulging, protruding. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word gobba

hump

sostantivo femminile (protuberanza della schiena) (back)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
A forza di studiare ti verrà la gobba!
If you keep on studying like this you'll grow a hump!

hump

sostantivo femminile (protuberanza del cammello) (camel)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
I cammelli hanno due gobbe.
Camels have two humps.

hump, bump, bulge

sostantivo femminile (estensione (convessità, gibbosità)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Credo che il tuo tavolo abbia una gobba anomala.
I think your table has a strange bump in it.

crescent, half-moon

sostantivo femminile (popolare (parte convessa della Luna) (saying)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Gobba a levante, Luna calante.

hunchbacked

aggettivo (con una gobba)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Il personaggio gobbo della fiaba era buono e gentile.
The hunchbacked character in the tale was nice and kind.

hunchback

(persona con una gobba) (offensive)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il gobbo temeva le prese in giro degli abitanti del villaggio.
The hunchback feared the mocking of the village people.

teleprompter

sostantivo maschile (per il supporto di attori)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Senza gobbo quell'attore non saprebbe nemmeno da che parte cominciare.
Without a teleprompter that actor wouldn't even know where to begin.

hunched

aggettivo (postura)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Non stare sempre così gobbo!
Don't always be hunched like that!

bulging, protruding

aggettivo (con protuberanze)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Non mi piace quel design gobbo.
I don't like that protruding design.

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