da |
1. prep. from | |
Giacomino da Verona - Giacomino from Verona | |
interviste dal libro - interviews from the book | |
traduzione dall’“Inferno” di Dante - translation from Dante’s ‘Inferno’ | |
Dalla Terra alla Luna - From the Earth to the Moon | |
2. prep. at | |
da Giovanni - at Giovanni’s house | |
3. prep. since | |
da quando? - since when? | |
4. prep. to (implying necessity) | |
Non c'è (niente) da fare - There's nothing to do | |
5. prep. ngd, Used in some adverbial phrases: | |
da per tutto/dappertutto/da ogni parte - everywhere | |
da presso/dappresso - closely | |
da lontano - from a distance | |
da solo - by oneself | |
6. prep. like, as | |
fare una vita da cani - to live like dogs | |
correre da matti - to run like crazies | |
trattare da amico - to treat as a friend | |
7. v. misspelling of dà | |
quando |
1. adv. when | |
Quando parti? - When will you leave? | |
Da quando stai imparando il Latino? - Since when do you learn Latin? | |
2. conj. when | |
Si partirà quando sarai pronta. - We will leave when you're ready. | |
la neve arrivò quando ce l'aspettavamo - it snowed when we expected it | |
Cosa vuoi fare quando sarai grande? | |
3. n-m. when, moment (a point or period in time) | |
ci |
1. pron. us | |
Loro ci conoscono - They know us | |
2. pron. (reflexive pronoun) ourselves; each other | |
Ci arrabbiamo - We (ourselves) get angry | |
Ci amiamo - We love each other | |
3. pron. to us | |
Lui ci ha detto questo - He said this to us | |
4. pron. (ngd, Replaces the indefinite personal pronoun m, it, si, , one) before reflexive m, it, si, , oneself; one | |
Ci si lava. - One washes oneself. | |
Ci si annoia quando non c'è niente da fare. - One gets bored when there is nothing to do. | |
5. pron. it, to it | |
Non ci credo. - I do not believe it. | |
6. adv. to there, here, there | |
Ci sono andato - I have been there | |
Ci siamo - We're here | |
Ci sono molte cose - There are many things | |
C'è un problema - There is a problem | |
7. adv. ngd, Forms part of many verbs: | |
volerci - to require/take | |
abituarci - to get used to it | |
riuscirci - to be able to do it | |
entrarci - to do with something | |
contarci - to count on it | |
pensarci - to think about it | |
starci - to agree / to be up for something | |
farcela - to manage to do something | |
crederci - to believe it | |
8. n-m. The Twi language family. | |
sono |
1. v. first-person singular present of essere; (I) [[am]], [[I'm]]. | |
2. v. third-person plural present of essere; (they) [[are]], [[they're]]. | |
3. n. alternative form of suono | |
essere |
1. v. (intransitive, indicating existence, identity, location, or state) to be, to stay | |
2. v. (auxiliary, used to form composite past tense of many intransitive verbs) to have (done something); to | |
3. v. (impersonal, of a duration of time since an event) to have passed | |
4. n. being | |
ci sono |
1. v. first-person singular present of esserci | |
2. v. third-person plural present of esserci; there are | |
essersi |
1. v. (reflexive) To exist; to be | |
ci sono |
1. v. first-person singular present of esserci | |
2. v. third-person plural present of esserci; there are | |
Loro |
1. pron. (uncommon, very, formal, or polite) you | |
2. adj. (uncommon, very, formal, or polite, possessive) your | |
3. pron. they | |
4. pron. (dative, formal) them, to them | |
Parlerò loro. - I'll talk to them. | |
5. adj. (before the noun): il loro (la loro, i loro, le loro) | |
6. adj. (after the noun): loro (same in feminine and plural forms) | |
7. adj. (possessive) their | |
i loro figli - their children | |
le loro macchine - their cars | |
casa loro - their house | |
il loro padre - their father | |
8. adj. (possessive, often capitalised) your (polite plural form) | |
i Loro figli - your children | |
le Loro macchine - your cars | |
casa Loro - your house | |
il Loro padre - your father | |
9. pron. theirs | |
Sono i loro. - They are theirs. | |
10. pron. (often, capitalised) your (polite plural form) | |
Sono i Loro. - They are yours. | |
tra |
1. prep. between | |
2. prep. among | |
3. prep. in (expression of time) | |
tra due settimane - in two weeks | |
tra pochissimo - very soon | |
i |
1. art. the | |
piedi |
1. n. plural of piede | |
piede |
1. n. foot | |
noi |
1. pron. we; us | |
altri |
1. adj. plural of altro | |
2. pron. plural of it | |
altro |
1. adj. other, another, more, further, else | |
2. adj. previous, last | |
3. pron. other, other man, another, more, somebody else | |
non |
1. adv. not | |
2. adv. un- | |
3. adv. don't | |
si |
1. pron. (reflexive pronoun) oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves | |
Il tuo gatto si lava sul mio letto. - Your cat cleans himself/itself on my bed. | |
La tua gatta si lava sul mio letto. - Your cat cleans herself on my bed. | |
Marco si è rotto il braccio. - Marco has broken his arm. | |
2. pron. (reciprocal pronoun) each other, one another | |
Carlo e Laura si amano. - Carlo and Laura love each other. | |
3. pron. (indefinite) one, you, we, they, people | |
In Italia si pranza intorno all'una. - In Italy they eat lunch around 13. | |
In Italia si tende ad andare a letto tardi. - In Italy, people tend to go to bed late. | |
Si dice che Maria volesse uccidere Giovanni. - It is said that Maria wanted to kill Giovanni. | |
Da questa finestra si vede la banca. - From this window, one can see the bank. | |
4. pron. (si passivante) (ngd, Used to form the passive voice of a verb); it | |
Si vende latte. / Vendesi latte. - Milk for sale. | |
Non si accettano carte di credito. - Credit cards are not accepted. | |
5. n. (music) B | |
sì |
1. adv. yes | |
2. adv. so | |
batte |
1. v. third-person singular present of battere | |
battere |
1. v. to beat, patrol, batter, strike or hit something or pound or throb or stamp/stomp (e.g. feet) | |
2. v. to defeat, to overcome, to beat | |
3. v. to take (a penalty, a corner kick, etc) | |
4. v. to clap (hands) | |
5. v. to type | |
6. v. to coin, strike | |
7. v. to tender; to offer a payment (at sales or auctions) | |
8. v. to prostitute | |
9. v. (sports) to serve | |
10. v. (intransitive) (of the heart or pulse) To beat. | |
11. v. (intransitive) To prostitute. | |
chiodo |
1. n. nail (hit with a hammer) | |
2. n. rivet | |
3. n. hobnail | |
4. n. stud | |
5. n. spike | |
6. v. first-person singular present indicative of chiodare | |
chiodare |
1. v. to rivet | |
2. v. to nail, hobnail (shoes) | |