da vendere
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “to sell”, or more loosely translated as “that could be sold”. Compare French à vendre and French à revendre. With the sense of "in abundance," the term implies that a person has so much of something that the excess can be sold off.
Prepositional phrase
[edit]- for sale
- Synonym: in vendita
- casa da vendere ― house for sale
- (typically figurative) to spare; in abundance, galore, in quantity
- Synonyms: in abbondanza, in quantità, a profusione, in sommo grado
- avere ragioni da vendere ― to be dead right (literally, “to have reasons in abundance”)
- Ho salute da vendere. ― I am plenty healthy. (literally, “I have health to spare.”)