engelska-italienska översättning av ancestor

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antenatoCome diceva un illustre antenato: “Il si giudica quando lo si mangia”. As an illustrious ancestor used to say: ‘the proof of the pudding is in the eating’. Tutti siamo immigrati e, se non in prima persona, lo siamo in virtù di qualche familiare o antenato. We are all immigrants, if not ourselves personally, then through one of our relations or ancestors.

One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather
An earlier type; a progenitor
One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir
One who had the same role or function in former times
To be an ancestor of

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