il |
1. art. the | |
nostro |
1. adj. (possessive) our | |
i nostri figli - our children | |
le nostre macchine - our cars | |
Cosa Nostra - the Mafia | |
nostro padre - our father | |
2. adj. (possessive) of ours | |
questo nostro parente - this relative of ours | |
3. adj. (emphatic) our own | |
nostro proprio bambino - our own baby | |
4. adj. ours | |
questa penna è nostra - this pen is ours | |
5. pron. il nostro (la nostra, i nostri, le nostre) | |
6. pron. See under il nostro etc. | |
7. n. ours, our own | |
8. n. (in the plural) our possessions, friends, relatives etc. | |
il nostro |
1. pron. ours | |
Sono i nostri - They are ours. | |
cane |
1. n-m. dog, male dog | |
2. n-m. (firearms) hammer | |
3. adj. (of cold) freezing, biting | |
Oggi fa un freddo cane! - Today is freezing cold! | |
4. adj. (of pain) terrible, dreadful, awful | |
5. n. plural of it | |
6. adj. feminine plural of adjective cano | |
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 | |
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 | |
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 | |
stare |
1. v. (intransitive) to stay, remain | |
stare attenti (a) - to pay attention (to) | |
Starà a casa. - He/she will stay at home. | |
2. v. (intransitive, followed by a) to keep, stick | |
3. v. (intransitive, followed by a gerund) to be doing something (present continuous) | |
Sto andando via. - I am leaving. | |
4. v. (intransitive, followed by a) to be up to | |
Sta a te decidere. - It's up to you to decide. | |
5. v. (intransitive, followed by per) to be about to | |
Sto per andare via. - I am about to leave. | |
6. v. (intransitive, mathematics) to be to | |
4 sta a 8 come 5 sta a 10. - 4 is to 8 as 5 is to 10. | |
7. v. (intransitive, regional) to live | |
Mia sorella sta a Roma. - My sister lives in Rome. | |
8. v. to be in a certain condition | |
come stai? - how are you? | |
stare a dieta significa ridurre le calorie di ingresso e aumentarne il consumo con il movimento - being on a diet entails reducing calorie intake and increasing calories burned through exercise | |
travolto |
1. v. past participle of travolvere (feminine: travolta, masculine plural: travolti, feminine plural: travolte) | |
travolgere |
1. v. to sweep away | |
2. v. to run over | |
Lui è stato travolto e ucciso. - He was run over and killed. | |
3. v. (transitive, figurative) to overwhelm | |
travolvere |
1. v. obsolete form of travolgere | |
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 | |
un |
1. art. an, a | |
2. n. one | |
3. adj. one | |
4. pron. one | |
camion |
1. n. lorry (British) | |
2. n. truck (US) | |