senza che
Italian
Etymology
Literally, “without that”.
Preposition
senza che
- (with subj.) indicates the non-occurrence of a circumstance or the lack of a condition; without
- non farei nulla senza che tu me lo dica
- I wouldn't do anything without you telling me
- (with subj.) with it being difficult or impossible to
- 2020 July 24, “Dal "virus cinese" ai consolati chiusi, tutte le tappe dell'escalation delle tensioni tra Usa e Cina”, in la Repubblica:
- I rapporti tra Washington e Pechino sono in caduta libera, senza che al momento si riesca a vedere un fondo capace di sorreggerli.
- The relationship between Washington and Beijing is in free fall, with it being difficult to see a fund at the moment capable of alleviating it.
- 2000, George Orwell, Stefano Manferlotti, transl., Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori, page 101:
- Un attimo dopo, senza che nemmeno si capisse di chi era stata la prima mossa, lei era fra le sue braccia.
- The next moment, it was hard to say by whose act, she was in his his arms.
- (literally, “A moment later, with it being difficult to even understand whose the first move was, she was between his arms.”)
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