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era piuttosto

was quite

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phrase Uncommon #12,212
was quite Used before an adjective to mean “was quite” or “was rather.”
IT: La strada era piuttosto lunga.
EN: The road was quite long.

Tom era piuttosto odioso.

Tom was pretty obnoxious.

Era piuttosto costoso.

It was quite expensive.

Era piuttosto guidato.

It was quite guided.

— Assassination (2015)

Era piuttosto strana.

It was quite strange.

L'informazione era piuttosto inutile.

The information was rather useless.

Layla era piuttosto distrutta.

Layla was pretty devastated.

Tom era piuttosto aperto.

Tom was pretty open.

Era piuttosto difficile.

It was quite difficult.

Era piuttosto noioso.

It was pretty boring.

Il test era piuttosto difficile.

The test was quite difficult.

Era piuttosto tardi quando ho deciso di tornare a casa.

It was quite late when I decided to go home.

Ti ho detto che era piuttosto buio.

I told you it was pretty dark.

— Bacurau (2019)

La denuncia era piuttosto breve.

The report was quite brief.

Tom era piuttosto felice.

Tom was quite happy.

Era piuttosto costosa.

It was quite expensive.

Era piuttosto facile farlo.

It was pretty easy to do.

Era piuttosto spaventoso.

It was pretty scary.

Tom era piuttosto ubriaco.

Tom was pretty drunk.

Era piuttosto difficile da fare.

It was quite difficult to do.

Era piuttosto inusuale.

It was quite unusual.

Era piuttosto strano.

It was pretty weird.

La Sala Grande era piuttosto affollata per il mio interrogatorio.

The Great Hall was quite crowded for my interrogation.

Tom era piuttosto buono.

Tom was pretty good.

Era piuttosto emozionante.

It was quite exciting.

Era piuttosto pericolosa.

It was quite dangerous.

Rispetto a quello che è successo, la nostra linea era piuttosto moderata, direi.

Compared with what happened, I’d say our position was rather moderate.

— La banda Baader Meinhof (2008)