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ma
     1. conj. but
     2. n. abbreviation of mamma
     3. interj. (informal, emphatic) Indicates emotion or emphasis.
           Ma che carino! - Oh, how cute!
     4. interj. (informal) Used to introduce a new topic or a question.
           Ma...tu sei di Roma? - So...you're from Rome?
quanti
     1. n. plural of quanto
     2. adj. masculine plural of quanto
     quanto
          1. adj. how, how much, how many
          2. adv. how, how much, how many
          3. n. quantum
ne
     1. adv. from there
           Ne uscirono tre. - Three of them came out from there.
     2. pron. about it
           Ne ho sentito parlare. - I have heard about it.
           Cosa ne pensi? - What do you think about it?
     3. pron. of it
           C'è della torta? Ne voglio una fetta. - Is there any cake? I want a slice of it.
     4. pron. of them (sometimes not translated in English)
           Non ne ho più. - I've got no more (of them) left.
     5. contraction. apocopic form of it nel
           Massimo Troisi ha vinto un oscar per la sua interpretazione ne "Il postino". - Massimo Troisi won an Oscar for his performance in "Il Postino".
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
stati
     1. n. plural of it
     2. v. masculine plural past participle of essere
     3. v. masculine plural past participle of stare
     4. v. masculine plural past participle of starsene
     stato
          1. n. (sciences) state (physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma)
          2. n. (polity) state sovereign polity; a government
          3. n. state (a condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time)
          4. n. state (condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance)
          5. n. rank, status
          6. v. masculine singular past participle of essere
          7. v. masculine singular past participle of stare
          8. v. masculine singular past participle of starsene
scelti
     1. adj. plural of it
cavolo
     1. n. cabbage
     2. n. (intensifier) (euphemistic form of cazzo); the deuce, the dickens
           che cavolo fai? - what the deuce are you doing?
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