| 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) | |
| mia |
| 1. pron. feminine singular of mio | |
| 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....” | |
| cravatta |
| 1. n. necktie | |
| più |
| 1. adv. comparative degree of molto; more | |
| 2. adj. more | |
| 3. prep. plus | |
| 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? | |
