in |
1. prep. in | |
Ho qualcosa in tasca. - I have got something in my pocket. | |
Partirò in primavera. - I will be leaving in spring. | |
Vado in quinta elementare. - I'm in fifth grade of elementary school. | |
2. prep. to | |
Sono andato in panetteria. - I went to the bakery. | |
Vado in quinta elementare. - I go to fifth grade of elementary school. | |
3. prep. into | |
4. prep. by | |
Vado a scuola in autobus. - I go to school by bus. | |
5. prep. on | |
Ho messo un cappello in testa. - I put a hat on my head. | |
Metti il pane in tavola. - Put the bread on the table. | |
caso |
1. n. chance, fate | |
2. n. chance, coincidence, accident | |
3. n. case, circumstance, matter, affair | |
4. n. possibility, opportunity, alternative | |
5. n. (grammar) case | |
in caso |
1. conj. in case | |
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? | |
guasto |
1. adj. spoilt, damaged, ruined | |
2. adj. rotten, bad, gone bad | |
3. adj. broken, out of order | |
4. n. breakdown, failure, fault | |
Il guasto è nel motore. - The fault is in the engine. | |
5. n. damage | |
6. v. first-person singular present of guastare | |
guastare |
1. v. (transitive, obsolete) to destroy, lay waste (to) | |
2. v. (transitive, obsolete) to mutilate | |
3. v. (transitive, obsolete) to execute (to put to death) | |
Pregò colui che a guastare il menava - He begged the one who was carrying him to be executed | |
4. v. (transitive, literally and figurative) to ruin | |
La piena ha guastato il ponte. - The flood has ruined the bridge. | |
La notizia ci guastò la festa. - The news spoiled the party for us. | |
5. v. to break (to cause to stop functioning (or) being serviceable) | |
I ragazzi hanno guastato tutte le sedie del salotto. - The boys broke all the chairs in the living room. | |
6. v. to damage | |
I cibi grassi guastano lo stomaco. - Fatty foods damage the stomach. | |
7. v. (transitive, of foodstuffs) to cause to or go bad | |
Guasterete il vino non mettendovi l'olio. - If you don't put the oil in, you'll make the wine go bad. | |
8. v. (transitive,) to corrupt, lead astray | |
9. v. to undo (in order to do again, (usually) in a different way) | |
Ogni notte, Penelope guastava parte della tela che aveva tessuto durante il giorno. - Each night, Penelope was undoing part of the shroud she'd been weaving during the day. | |
viene |
1. v. third-person singular present of venire | |
venire |
1. v. (intransitive) to come, arrive | |
2. v. (intransitive) to be (see usage notes) | |
immediatamente |
1. adv. immediately, at once, promptly, right away, forthwith, straight away | |
2. adv. directly | |
3. adv. as soon as possible | |
4. adv. instantly | |
5. adv. now | |
sostituito |
1. v. past participle of sostituire | |
2. adj. substituted | |
3. n. beneficiary of a (legal) trust | |
sostituire |
1. v. to replace, substitute, stand in for, supersede, relay, change | |
con |
1. prep. with, together | |
2. prep. (rowing) coxed | |
un |
1. art. an, a | |
2. n. one | |
3. adj. one | |
4. pron. one | |
autore |
1. n-m. author | |
2. n-m. creator | |
3. n-m. writer | |
4. n-m. artist | |
5. n-m. perpetrator | |
equivalente |
1. adj. equivalent | |
2. n. equivalent | |
3. v. present participle of equivalere | |
equivalere |
1. v. (intransitive) To be equivalent; to correspond | |