senza che

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “without that”.

Preposition

senza che

1. (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

2. (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^[1]:

     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, translated by Stefano Manferlotti, 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.”)