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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)
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