personal

aggettivo

1. 1

   Pertaining to persons (human beings as opposed to things or animals).

2. 2

   Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals

   personal values; personal desire

   Her song was her personal look at the values of friendship.

   Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film.

   You could just use ordinary shop-bought kecap manis to marinade the meat, but making your own is easy, has a far more elegant fragrance and is, above all, such a great brag! Flavouring kecap manis is an intensely personal thing, so try this version now and next time cook the sauce down with crushed, split lemongrass and a shredded lime leaf.

3. 3

   Dealing with subjects about which one wishes (or people usually wish) to maintain privacy or discretion; not for public view; sensitive, intimate.

   personal reasons

   You can't read my diary—it is personal.

   That's a very personal question.

   I can't believe you went through my drawers and looked at all my personal things!

4. 4

   Intended for sexual use.

   personal lubricant; personal massager

5. 5

   Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; bodily.

   personal charms

   The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.[…]Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival?

6. 6

   Done in person; without an intermediary.

   a personal interview

   a personal meeting

   personal settings

   Although you miss the nonverbal cues that you pick up in a personal meeting, you can call far more clients in a day than you can meet with in person.

7. 7

   Relating to an individual, their character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner

   personal reflections or remarks

   Only factual argumentation, no need to get personal.

8. 8

   Of a noun or pronoun, having reference particular to humans and other entities having personality such as a named animal, a deity, a personification, etc.

9. 9

   Related to grammatical first, second, etc. persons.

   a personal pronoun

10. 10

    Denoting ownership.

    one's personal vehicle, as opposed to a company vehicle

sostantivo

1. 1

   An advertisement by which an individual attempts to meet others with similar interests.

2. 2

   One's own property or asset

   1748, Tobias Smollett (translator), Alain-René Lesage (original), The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane In addition to this, a coarse shirt quite new, a pair of my father's shoes quite old, and, what rejoiced me more than all the rest, a rouleau of twenty rials in a linen rag. Behold the sum total of my personals.

   I've had my cell ransacked, savagely searched, and as a result, had my legal papers stolen and destroyed, allong with what little personal clothing and other personals I had.

Forme

plurale

personals

comparativo

more personal

superlativo

most personal