io |
1. pron. I, the first person | |
e |
1. conj. and | |
mio |
1. pron. (used attributively) my; of mine | |
casa mia — “my house” | |
i miei figli — “my children” | |
le mie macchine — “my cars” | |
2. pron. (used predicatively) mine | |
Sono i miei. — “They are mine.” | |
3. pron. (used substantively) mine; the thing belonging to me | |
Il mio è.... — “Mine is....” | |
fratello |
1. n. brother, sibling | |
2. n. brother (member of a religious community or church) | |
erano |
1. v. third-person plural imperfect indicative of essere | |
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 | |
molto |
1. adv. much, very much, a lot | |
2. adv. (with an adverb or adjective) very, really, very much | |
3. adv. (in expressions of comparison) much, far, a lot | |
4. adv. long, a long time | |
5. adj. in the plural many, a lot of, lots of | |
6. adj. great, much, very | |
7. pron. in the plural many, many people | |
8. n. the many | |
9. n. the large part | |
10. n. a great deal | |
legati |
1. n. plural of legato | |
legato |
1. v. past participle of legare | |
2. adj. awkward, stiff | |
3. adj. linked, connected, tied | |
4. adj. close, attached, involved | |
5. n. legate | |
6. n. legacy, bequest, background | |