da vendere

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “to sell”, or more loosely translated as “that could be sold”. Compare French à vendre and French à revendre. With the sense of "in abundance," the term implies that a person has so much of something that the excess can be sold off.

Prepositional phrase

da vendere

1. for sale

   Synonym: in vendita

   casa da vendere ― house for sale

2. (typically figurative) to spare; in abundance, galore, in quantity

   Synonyms: in abbondanza, in quantità, a profusione, in sommo grado

   avere ragioni da vendere ― to be dead right (literally, “to have reasons in abundance”)

   Ho salute da vendere. ― I am plenty healthy. (literally, “I have health to spare.”)