| la |
| 1. art. the | |
| 2. pron. (accusative) her, it | |
| La vedo. - I see her. | |
| 3. pron. (accusative, formal) you (term of respect) | |
| La vedo. - I see you. | |
| Scusi se la disturbo. - Sorry to bother you. | |
| 4. n. (music) la (musical note) | |
| 5. n. (music) A (musical note and scale) | |
| macchina |
| 1. n. machine | |
| 2. n. car, motorcar | |
| macchinare |
| 1. v. to plot, brew or machinate | |
| 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? | |
| 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....” | |
| padre |
| 1. n. father | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| bella |
| 1. n. beauty, belle (beautiful woman) | |
| 2. n. sweetheart | |
| 3. n. fair copy (final draft of a piece of writing) | |
| 4. n. showdown (deciding match) | |
| 5. n. a Renaissance-style ceramic plate decorated with portraits of young women. | |
| 6. adj. feminine singular of adjective bello | |
| bello |
| 1. adj. nice, fair, fine, pleasant; beautiful (of the weather etc.) | |
| Che bello! - How nice! | |
| una bella giornata - a beautiful day | |
| 2. adj. good-looking, handsome; beautiful (of a person) | |
| 3. adj. considerable (quantity) | |
| una bella somma - a considerable amount | |
| 4. adj. good | |
| un bel lavoro - a good job | |
| 5. n-m. beauty | |
| il bello nell’arte - beauty in art | |
| 6. n-m. (weather) fair-weather | |
| Domani riprenderà il bello (i.e. bel tempo)? - Will tomorrow be back the good weather? | |
| 7. n-m. (informal) man, fella | |
| Dai, andiamo, bello! - C'mon, let's go, fella! | |
| Allora, bello, da dove è che vieni? - So, man, where do you come from? | |
