| 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....” | |
| spalla |
| 1. n. (anatomy, cut of meat, portion of a garment) shoulder | |
| 2. n. (cooking) Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal. | |
| 3. n. (in the plural) back | |
| 4. n. back, rear | |
| 5. n. sidekick, second fiddle | |
| 6. n. (theatre, comedy) straight man, second banana, sidekick, foil | |
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| 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 | |
| a |
| 1. prep. in | |
| 2. prep. at | |
| 3. prep. to | |
| 4. prep. Indicates the direct object, mainly to avoid confusion when it, the subject, or both are displaced, or for emphasis | |
| A me non importa. - To me it doesn’t matter. | |
| A lei non piace, ma a lui piace molto. - She doesn't like it, but he likes it very much. | |
| 5. v. misspelling of ha | |
| posto |
| 1. n. place, spot | |
| Erano al posto giusto al momento giusto. - They were in the right place at the right time. | |
| 2. n. place, position (in a list, classification etc); often not translated | |
| La squadra si è aggiudicata un ottimo terzo posto nella gara finale della stagione. - The team clinched an excellent third place in the final race of the season. | |
| 3. n. seat | |
| Su un treno o tram è educazione chiedere se un posto è libero prima di sedersi. - On a train or tram it's polite to ask if the seat is free before sitting down. | |
| 4. n. room, space | |
| I sistemi di scaffali sono l'ideale in un garage dove occorra fare posto per un'auto o per un ufficio. - Shelving systems are ideal in a garage where you also need to make room for a car, or an | |
| 5. n. job, position, post | |
| Ho ottenuto un posto di insegnante d'inglese in un'università locale. - I got a job teaching English at a local University. | |
| 6. v. masculine singular past participle of porre | |
| porre |
| 1. v. to put, to place | |
| ora |
| 1. n. hour (period of 60 minutes) | |
| 2. n. time (of day), hour | |
| Che ora è? - What time is it? | |
| 3. adv. now | |
| 4. conj. and yet | |
| 5. n. (poetic, regional) blow, breeze | |
| 6. v. third-person singular present indicative of orare | |
| 7. v. second-person singular imperative of orare | |
