il |
1. art. the | |
corso |
1. n. course (of a river, of a university, etc.) | |
2. n. stream, waterway | |
3. n. avenue (especially in the names of streets) | |
4. n. strip (a street with multiple shopping or entertainment possibilities) | |
5. n. circulation (of money) | |
6. n. subject | |
7. v. past participle of correre (feminine: corsa, masculine plural: corsi, feminine plural: corse) | |
8. adj. Corsican | |
9. n-m. Corsican (person) | |
10. n-m. wiki, Lingua corsa | |
11. n-m. The Corsican language. | |
12. n-m. A kind of Corsican wine. | |
correre |
1. v. to run (a race or a risk) | |
2. v. (intransitive) to run | |
3. v. (intransitive) to hurry, rush | |
di |
1. prep. (ngd, Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner); ’s | |
L’ira di Apollo - The wrath of Apollo | |
la coda del cane - the dog’s tail | |
Canto dello sciatore - Song of the skier | |
Dichiarazione Universale dei Diritti dell’Uomo - Universal declaration of the Rights of the Man | |
Simbolo degli Apostoli - Signs of the Apostles | |
Manifesto della cucina futurista - Manifesto of the futurist kitchen | |
Dei delitti e delle pene - Of the crimes and of the punishments | |
2. prep. from | |
Lei è di Monreale in Sicilia, ma adesso vive a Roma - She's from Monreale in Sicily, but she now lives in Rome | |
3. prep. ’s | |
La mia canzone preferita degli U2? 'One' ! - My favorite song by U2? 'One'! | |
La Divina Commedia di Dante Alighieri - The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri | |
4. prep. than | |
Jack è più alto di sua moglie, Joan. - Jack is taller than his wife, Joan. | |
Biden ha detto che l'economia USA è in condizioni peggiori di quanto pensasse - Biden says US economy is in worse shape than he thought. | |
5. prep. (ngd, Used in superlative forms); in, of | |
Pont Neuf è il più antico ponte di Parigi - Pont Neuf is the oldest bridge in Paris. | |
6. prep. about, on, concerning | |
Euclide scrisse diversi libri di matematica. - Euclid wrote many books on mathematics. | |
Parliamo di sentimenti. - Let's talk about feelings. | |
7. prep. (ngd, Expresses composition); of, made of, in or more often omitted | |
Sei Nazioni: la Scozia gioca con l'Italia in un incontro decisivo per il cucchiaio di legno. - Six Nations: Scotland meet Italy today in a wooden-spoon decider. | |
Ho comprato una collana d'oro bianco. - I bought a white gold necklace. | |
8. prep. (followed by an infinitive) to or omitted | |
Lei ha detto di non preoccuparsi. - She said not to worry. | |
Che devo fare se penso di avere un virus nel mio computer? - What should I do if I believe I have a virus on my computer? | |
9. prep. (ngd, Used with the definite article in partitive constructions); some | |
Vuoi dell'acqua? - Would you like some water? | |
10. prep. ngd, Used in some expressions in a partitive-like function, often without article. | |
penso di sì - I think so | |
niente di meglio - nothing better | |
Che c’è di nuovo? - What's new? | |
acqua |
1. n. water | |
2. n. (rowing) lane | |
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of acquare | |
4. v. second-person singular imperative of acquare | |
inarrestabile |
1. adj. unstoppable, inexorable, relentless | |
Ormai è inarrestabile. - By now it is unstoppable. | |
pronto |
1. adj. ready, prepared | |
2. adj. willing, prompt, set | |
3. n. ready-made | |
4. interj. (telephony) hello (when answering the phone) | |
ad |
1. prep. to, at, in (used before a vowel for euphony instead of (m, it, a)) | |
Dallo ad Adamo. - Give it to Adam. | |
estinguere |
1. v. to put out, extinguish | |
2. v. to pay off (a debt) | |
3. v. to close (an account) | |
4. v. to quench | |
5. v. to slake | |
ciò |
1. pron. this | |
2. pron. that | |
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!) | |
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 | |
incerto |
1. adj. uncertain, doubtful, dubious, undecided | |
2. adj. hesitant, insecure, unsteady, shaky | |
3. adj. indefinite, uncertain | |
4. n. uncertainty, risk | |
5. n. the uncertain | |
ed |
1. conj. alternative form of e and - (before a vowel) and | |
Parlo italiano ed esperanto. - I speak Italian and Esperanto. | |
oscuro |
1. v. first-person singular present of oscurare | |
2. adj. dark | |
3. adj. obscure | |
4. adj. gloomy, sombre | |
5. adj. humble | |
6. n. darkness | |
oscurare |
1. v. to obscure | |
2. v. to darken | |
3. v. to shade | |
4. v. to smudge | |