formal

ufficiale, formale

Organizzato, riconosciuto o registrato in modo ufficiale.

In inglese semplice: Officially arranged, recognized, or recorded.

• She made a formal complaint.
• He has no formal training in music.
• We are waiting for formal approval.

Sinonimi: official

Contrari: unofficial

Espressioni comuni: formal education, formal complaint, formal approval

formale

Che segue le regole di cortesia, spesso con un comportamento serio o abiti eleganti.

In inglese semplice: Following polite social rules, often with serious behaviour or special clothes.

• You need formal clothes for dinner.
• His manner was polite and formal.
• Is the wedding very formal?

Sinonimi: ceremonious

Contrari: casual, informal

Espressioni comuni: formal dress, formal dinner, formal occasion

formale

Che segue regole accettate o modi tradizionali di parlare, scrivere o agire.

In inglese semplice: Following accepted rules or traditional ways of speaking, writing, or doing things.

• Use formal language in this letter.
• Her essay follows a formal style.
• Formal English avoids many everyday shortened expressions.

Sinonimi: conventional

Contrari: informal

Espressioni comuni: formal English, formal language, formal style

formale

Che riguarda la forma o il modo in cui qualcosa è organizzato.

In inglese semplice: Concerned with how something is organized or shaped.

• We studied the poem’s formal structure.
• Formal analysis considers how the parts fit together.
• The paintings share several formal features.

Sinonimi: structural

Espressioni comuni: formal structure, formal analysis, formal features

ballo di gala

Evento sociale o ballo, spesso per studenti, a cui si partecipa con abiti eleganti.

In inglese semplice: A social event, often for students, where people wear special, smart clothes.

• She wore a blue dress to the formal.
• Our school formal is next Friday.
• They attended several formals together.

Sinonimi: formal dance

Espressioni comuni: school formal, attend a formal, the annual formal