| 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) | |
| scena |
| 1. n. scene (in all senses) | |
| 2. n. stage (of a theatre etc) | |
| 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 | |
| fissa |
| 1. n. obsession | |
| 2. adj. feminine singular of fisso | |
| 3. v. third-person singular present indicative of fissare | |
| 4. v. second-person singular imperative of fissare | |
| fissare |
| 1. v. to fasten, fix, secure | |
| 2. v. to stare at, look fixedly | |
| 3. v. to fix, arrange, set, sort out | |
| fissare un appuntamento - to fix an appointment | |
| 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 | |
| composta |
| 1. adj. feminine singular of composto | |
| 2. n. compote (stewed fruit) | |
| 3. v. third-person singular present indicative of compostare | |
| 4. v. second-person singular imperative of compostare | |
| 5. v. feminine singular past participle of comporre | |
| compostare |
| 1. v. to compost | |
| composto |
| 1. v. past participle of comporre (feminine: composta, masculine plural: composti, feminine plural: composte) | |
| 2. v. first-person singular present indicative of compostare | |
| 3. adj. compound, composite | |
| 4. adj. composed | |
| 5. adj. tidy, neat | |
| 6. adj. well-behaved, composed | |
| 7. n. compound (chemical) | |
| 8. n. mixture (especially in cooking) | |
| 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 | |
| alcuni |
| 1. adj. plural of alcuno | |
| alcuno |
| 1. adj. (chiefly in the plural) some, a few | |
| 2. adj. (in negative phrases) no | |
| posti |
| 1. n. plural of posto | |
| posto |
| 1. n. place, spot | |
| Erano al posto giusto al momento giusto. - They were in the right place at the right time. | |
| 2. n. place, position (in a list, classification etc); often not translated | |
| La squadra si è aggiudicata un ottimo terzo posto nella gara finale della stagione. - The team clinched an excellent third place in the final race of the season. | |
| 3. n. seat | |
| Su un treno o tram è educazione chiedere se un posto è libero prima di sedersi. - On a train or tram it's polite to ask if the seat is free before sitting down. | |
| 4. n. room, space | |
| I sistemi di scaffali sono l'ideale in un garage dove occorra fare posto per un'auto o per un ufficio. - Shelving systems are ideal in a garage where you also need to make room for a car, or an | |
| 5. n. job, position, post | |
| Ho ottenuto un posto di insegnante d'inglese in un'università locale. - I got a job teaching English at a local University. | |
| 6. v. masculine singular past participle of porre | |
| letto |
| 1. n. (furniture) bed | |
| 2. n. (potamology, hydrology) riverbed | |
| 3. v. past participle of leggere (read) (feminine: letta, masculine plural: letti, feminine plural: lette) | |
| leggere |
| 1. v. (transitive, or intransitive) to read | |
| Lorenzo legge il giornale. (Lorenzo reads the newspaper.) | |
| 2. adj. feminine plural of leggero | |
| posti letto |
| 1. n. plural of posto letto | |
| posto letto |
| 1. n. sleeping accommodation | |
| Posto letto in camera doppia per ragazza - Sleeping accommodation in double room for girl | |
| 2. n. Number of people who can stay in an apartment, bedroom, etc. | |
| L'appartamento dispone di sei posti letto - The apartment sleeps six. | |
| costituiti |
| 1. v. masculine plural of costituito | |
| costituito |
| 1. v. past participle of costituire (feminine: costituita, masculine plural: costituiti, feminine plural: costituite) | |
| 2. adj. constituted | |
| 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 | |
| una |
| 1. adj. feminine singular of adjective uno | |
| 2. art. feminine singular of uno | |
| 3. pron. feminine singular of uno | |
| branda |
| 1. n. camp bed, cot | |
| 2. n. hammock | |
| e |
| 1. conj. and | |
| un |
| 1. art. an, a | |
| 2. n. one | |
| 3. adj. one | |
| 4. pron. one | |
| armadietto |
| 1. n. (furniture) A small cupboard or wardrobe | |
| personale |
| 1. adj. personal, private | |
| 2. n. staff, personnel | |
| 3. n. personal sphere, personal affairs | |
| 4. n. figure | |
| un bel personale - a beautiful figure | |
| 5. n. (of painter, sculptor, photographer, etc) solo exhibit | |
