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Abbiamo fatto un lungo discorso sul gioco degli scacchi

Translation

We made a long speech about the game of chess.



Analysis


abbiamo
     1. v. first-person plural present indicative of avere
     2. v. first-person plural present subjunctive of avere
     3. v. first-person plural imperative of avere
     avere
          1. v. to have
          2. v. (auxiliary) to have
          3. n. property, substance
          4. n. (in the plural) belongings
          5. n. credit, assets
          6. n. swag
fatto
     1. adj. done, made
     2. adj. fit, right, made
     3. adj. grown
     4. adj. (slang) stoned, baked, high, wasted, stuffed
     5. n. fact, event, occurrence, matter, affair, business, action, story
     6. v. past participle of fare (feminine: fatta, masculine plural: fatti, feminine plural: fatte)
     7. v. past participle of farsi
     fare
          1. v. to do
          2. v. to make
          3. v. to act
          4. v. to get someone to be something
          5. n. manner, way
un
     1. art. an, a
     2. n. one
     3. adj. one
     4. pron. one
lungo
     1. adj. long
     2. n. length
     3. prep. along
discorso
     1. n. speech, address, discourse
     2. n. talk, conversation
     3. n. subject, matter
     4. n. (language) speech
     5. v. past participle of discorrere (feminine: discorsa, masculine plural: discorsi, feminine plural: discorse)
     discorrere
          1. v. (intransitive) To talk or chat (about)
sul
     1. contraction. contraction of : on the
     su
          1. adv. up, upstairs
          2. interj. come on!
          3. prep. on, upon, onto, on top
          4. prep. over
          5. prep. about, on
          6. prep. above
          7. prep. in, out of
     il
          1. art. the
gioco
     1. n. game
     2. n. (mechanics) backlash
     3. v. first-person singular present indicative of giocare
     giocare
          1. v. to play, (specifically:)
          2. v.          (intransitive) to play a game, for fun (or) as a pastime
          3. v.          (intransitive) to do something for fun
          4. v.          (intransitive) to partake in a sport or game
          5. v.          (intransitive) to act as required from a game
          6. v.          (intransitive) to participate in a sporting match
          7. v.          to put into action (in a game)
          8. v. (intransitive, hunting, of birds) to respond to bait
          9. v. (intransitive) to have a gambling addiction
          10. v. to put as stake (in a game)
          11. v.          (by extension) to bet, wager
          12. v. to or waste (time) playing.
          13. v. (figurative, transitive) to deceive or manipulate
          14. v. (figurative, intransitive):
          15. v.          to use (something) skillfully; (with di)
          16. v.          (mechanics, of a mechanism) to have backlash
          17. v.          to be important, to matter
          18. v.          to make the most of, to take advantage of
degli
     1. contraction. contraction of di gli; of the, from the
     di
          1. prep. (ngd, Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner); ’s
          2. prep. from
          3. prep. ’s
          4. prep. than
          5. prep. (ngd, Used in superlative forms); in, of
          6. prep. about, on, concerning
          7. prep. (ngd, Expresses composition); of, made of, in or more often omitted
          8. prep. (followed by an infinitive) to or omitted
          9. prep. (ngd, Used with the definite article in partitive constructions); some
          10. prep. ngd, Used in some expressions in a partitive-like function, often without article.
     gli
          1. art. (Form of the article (m, it, i, , the) used before a vowel, it, dei, , gods); the
          2. pron. (dative) him, to him; it; to it
          3. pron. (dative, informal) her, to her
          4. pron. (dative) them, to them
scacchi
     1. n. plural of scacco
     2. n. (board games) chess
     scacco
          1. n. chess piece, chessman
          2. n. square (chess)
          3. n. check
          4. n. (in the plural) chess




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