pastime

pastime

pastime (third-person singular simple present pastimes, present participle pastiming, simple past and past participle pastimed)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To sport; to amuse oneself.

pastime (plural pastimes)

1. That which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement; diversion; games
   • 1776, Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations:

     Hunting and fishing, the most important employments of mankind in the rude state of society, become in its advanced state their most agreeable amusements, and they pursue for pleasure what they once followed from necessity. In the advanced state of society, therefore, they are all very poor people who follow as a trade what other people pursue as a pastime.

   • 1883, Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi:

     ...lax court morals and the absurd chivalry business were in full feather, and the joust and the tournament were the frequent pastime of titled fine gentlemen who could fight better than they could spell...

	passatempo
	Attività praticata per piacere da una persona durante il tempo libero ( come, per esempio, collezionare francobolli o lavorare a maglia).
	An activity that a person enjoys doing in their spare time (such as stamp collecting or knitting).

	hobby
	Attività praticata per piacere da una persona durante il tempo libero ( come, per esempio, collezionare francobolli o lavorare a maglia).
	An activity that a person enjoys doing in their spare time (such as stamp collecting or knitting).

divertimento

gioco

svago

Altri significati:

(intransitive, obsolete) To sport; to amuse oneself.

diversion (to pass time)

That which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement; diversion; games

that which amuses

Traduzione 'veloce'

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