da vendere

Italian

Etymology

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

da vendere

  1. for sale
    Synonym: in vendita
    casa da venderehouse for sale
  2. (typically figurative) to spare; in abundance, galore, in quantity
    Synonyms: in abbondanza, in quantità, a profusione, in sommo grado
    avere ragioni da vendereto be dead right (literally, “to have reasons in abundance”)
    Ho salute da vendere.I am plenty healthy. (literally, “I have health to spare.”)
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