| 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) | |
| posa |
| 1. n. pose | |
| 2. n. posing | |
| 3. n. exposure (photographic) | |
| 4. n. placing, laying | |
| 5. v. third-person singular present indicative of posare | |
| 6. v. second-person singular imperative of posare | |
| posare |
| 1. v. to put or lay something down | |
| 2. v. (intransitive) to pose | |
| 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 | |
| terra |
| 1. n. ground | |
| 2. n. (colloquial, atechnical synonym of suolo, t=(l, it, terreno”, “soil)) soil | |
| 3. n. (colloquial, astronomy, by extension of Terra) planet | |
| a terra |
| 1. adj. (idiom) down in the dumps | |
| 2. adj. (idiom) down at heel | |
| 3. adj. (of electrical equipment) earthed | |
| e |
| 1. conj. and | |
| se |
| 1. conj. if | |
| Se non è vero, è ben trovato. - If it is not true, it is a good story. | |
| 2. conj. whether | |
| 3. conj. if only | |
| 4. pron. alternative form of si | |
| 5. pron. alternative form of sé | |
| ne |
| 1. adv. from there | |
| Ne uscirono tre. - Three of them came out from there. | |
| 2. pron. about it | |
| Ne ho sentito parlare. - I have heard about it. | |
| Cosa ne pensi? - What do you think about it? | |
| 3. pron. of it | |
| C'è della torta? Ne voglio una fetta. - Is there any cake? I want a slice of it. | |
| 4. pron. of them (sometimes not translated in English) | |
| Non ne ho più. - I've got no more (of them) left. | |
| 5. contraction. apocopic form of it nel | |
| Massimo Troisi ha vinto un oscar per la sua interpretazione ne "Il postino". - Massimo Troisi won an Oscar for his performance in "Il Postino". | |
| va |
| 1. v. third-person singular present indicative of andare | |
| 2. v. second-person singular imperative of andare | |
| andare |
| 1. v. (intransitive) to go | |
| andare a casa - to go home | |
| andare veloce - to go fast | |
| 2. v. (intransitive) to feel like (only with the 3rd person), to want/like | |
| non mi va di ballare - I don't feel like dancing | |
| mi andrebbe del gelato - I'd like some ice cream | |
