il |
1. art. the | |
mio |
1. pron. (used attributively) my; of mine | |
casa mia — “my house” | |
i miei figli — “my children” | |
le mie macchine — “my cars” | |
2. pron. (used predicatively) mine | |
Sono i miei. — “They are mine.” | |
3. pron. (used substantively) mine; the thing belonging to me | |
Il mio è.... — “Mine is....” | |
banco |
1. n. desk | |
2. n. counter (in a bank, etc.) | |
3. n. bench, table | |
4. n. stall (selling goods) | |
5. n. dock (in a court) | |
6. n. shoal (of sand) | |
7. n. floe (of ice) | |
8. n. bank (institution to place or borrow money) | |
9. n. bank (of fog, clouds, sand) | |
10. n. school (of fishes) | |
11. n. pawnshop (banco dei pegni) | |
12. n. reef (of corals) | |
13. v. first-person singular present indicative of bancare | |
bancare |
1. v. to deposit cash in a bank (over the counter) | |
2. v. to lay a bet | |
3. v. (intransitive) to give odds (of) | |
era |
1. n. age, epoch, period | |
2. n. (geology) era | |
3. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of essere | |
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 | |
proprio |
1. adj. (possessive) one's, one's own, her (own), its (own), their (own) | |
pensare ai fatti propri - to mind one's own business | |
fare del proprio meglio - to do one's best | |
in proprio - on one's own, by oneself | |
2. adj. (possessive, peculiar) characteristic, peculiar, typical | |
il cimurro è una malattia propria del cane - distemper is a disease peculiar to the dog | |
3. adj. (possessive, grammar, mathematics) proper | |
nome proprio - proper noun | |
4. adv. (really) really, quite, indeed | |
Anna è proprio bella. - Anna is really beautiful. | |
5. adv. (exactly) just, quite, exactly | |
proprio allora - just then | |
6. adv. (intensifier) very, right, at all | |
proprio ora - this very minute | |
7. n. one's own, what belongs to one, one's due | |
a ciascuno il proprio - to each his due | |
8. pron. (possessive) one's, one's own, her (own), its (own), their (own) | |
vicino |
1. adj. near, close | |
2. adv. (with a) near | |
3. n-m. neighbour, neighbourhood | |
alla |
1. contraction. contraction of a la; to the, at the | |
2. prep. it-prep | |
3. prep. -style | |
cotoletta alla milanese - Milan-style veal cutlet | |
cotoletta alla bolognese - Bologna-style veal cutlet | |
cotoletta alla valdostana - Aosta Valley-style veal cutlet | |
a |
1. prep. in | |
2. prep. at | |
3. prep. to | |
4. prep. Indicates the direct object, mainly to avoid confusion when it, the subject, or both are displaced, or for emphasis | |
A me non importa. - To me it doesn’t matter. | |
A lei non piace, ma a lui piace molto. - She doesn't like it, but he likes it very much. | |
5. v. misspelling of ha | |
la |
1. art. the | |
2. pron. (accusative) her, it | |
La vedo. - I see her. | |
3. pron. (accusative, formal) you (term of respect) | |
La vedo. - I see you. | |
Scusi se la disturbo. - Sorry to bother you. | |
4. n. (music) la (musical note) | |
5. n. (music) A (musical note and scale) | |
lavagna |
1. n. (mineralogy) slate | |
2. n. writing board, blackboard | |
La professoressa scrive sulla lavagna. - The teacher writes on the board. | |
lavagna bianca - whiteboard | |
lavagna luminosa - overhead projector | |
ed |
1. conj. alternative form of e and - (before a vowel) and | |
Parlo italiano ed esperanto. - I speak Italian and Esperanto. | |
è |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of essere; is | |
Se non è vero, è ben trovato - If it is not true, it is a good story. | |
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 | |
per |
1. prep. for | |
Ma io l'ho fatto per te! - But I did it for you! | |
Te lo vendo per appena trecento euro - I'll sell it you for only three hundred euro | |
Ho studiato per tre ore - I studied for three hours | |
Questo è il treno per Londra - This is the train for London | |
2. prep. to (indicates direction) | |
3. prep. through | |
Sono passato per il centro - I passed through the center | |
4. prep. in or on | |
Camminava ansiosamente per la stanza - He was pacing anxiously about the room | |
5. prep. by | |
Te lo invio per posta - I'll send it to to by post | |
6. prep. with | |
7. prep. as | |
questo |
1. adj. this, these | |
Questo meraviglioso dolce è semplice da preparare. - This wonderful cake is easy to prepare. | |
Traduci questa pagina. - Translate this page. | |
Questi fiori dicono che è primavera! - These flowers say it's spring! | |
2. pron. this, this one, these | |
Libri come questo vengono raramente letti al di fuori della piccola cerchia di persone interessate all'argomento. - Books like this one are rarely read outside the small number of people intere | |
Queste sono le mie prime foto, ma penso anche le mie migliori. - These are my first pics but the best ones I think. | |
3. pron. this, that | |
Su questo sono completamente d'accordo. - I totally agree about this. | |
Questo è tutto. - That's all. | |
per questo |
1. adv. for this reason; for that reason; for this; this is why | |
che |
1. pron. (interrogative) what | |
2. pron. (relative) who; whom; which; (ngd, nominative and accusative case) | |
3. conj. that | |
4. conj. than | |
5. conj. when | |
6. det. some (informal) A remarkable (some party - che festa - che bambola!) | |
io |
1. pron. I, the first person | |
capivo |
1. v. first-person singular imperfect indicative of capire | |
capire |
1. v. to understand, get the point, take the point | |
2. v. (rare, intransitive) to fit (in something) | |
tutto |
1. adj. all | |
2. pron. everything, all | |
3. pron. anything | |
4. adv. entirely, quite | |
5. adv. all over | |
6. n. whole | |