| Italian > English |
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| c'era una volta |
| 1. Phrase. it-phrase |
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| 2. Phrase. (used at the beginnings of fairytales) once upon a time |
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| Analysis |
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| c'era |
| 1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of esserci; there was; there used to be |
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| C'era una volta... - Once upon a time... |
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| ci |
| 1. pron. us |
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| Loro ci conoscono - They know us |
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| 2. pron. (reflexive pronoun) ourselves; each other |
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| Ci arrabbiamo - We (ourselves) get angry |
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| Ci amiamo - We love each other |
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| era |
| 1. n. age, epoch, period |
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| 2. n. (geology) era |
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| 3. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of essere |
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| essere |
| 1. v. (intransitive, indicating existence, identity, location, or state) to be, to stay |
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| 2. v. (auxiliary, used to form composite past tense of many intransitive verbs) to have (done something); to |
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| 3. v. (impersonal, of a duration of time since an event) to have passed |
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| 4. n. being |
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| ci era |
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| essersi |
| 1. v. (reflexive) To exist; to be |
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| una |
| 1. adj. feminine singular of adjective uno |
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| 2. art. feminine singular of uno |
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| 3. pron. feminine singular of uno |
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| volta |
| 1. n. time, instance, occasion |
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| a volte - sometimes |
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| due volte alla settimana - twice a week |
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| tre volte tre fa nove - three times three is nine |
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| 2. n. turn |
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| voltare |
| 1. v. to turn |
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| 2. v. (transitive, rare) to translate |
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| 3. v. (intransitive) to turn |
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| volto |
| 1. adj. facing |
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| 2. adj. concerning |
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| 3. n. face |
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| 4. v. masculine singular past participle of volgere |
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| 5. v. masculine singular past participle of volvere |
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