le |
1. art. the | |
2. pron. (accusative) them (third-person plural feminine) | |
Le ho viste. - I saw them. | |
3. pron. (dative) her, to her | |
Le ho detto che la amo. - I told her that I love her. | |
Le ho dato la lettera. - I gave her the letter. | |
4. pron. (dative) you, to you (term of respect) | |
Non le ho detto il mio nome. - I didn't tell you my name. | |
Le ho dato la lettera. - I gave you the letter. | |
tue |
1. adj. feminine plural of tuo | |
tuo |
1. adj. (after the noun; also used before a noun denoting a close family member): tuo m (f tua, m plural tuoi, f plural tue) | |
2. adj. (possessive adjective) your (informal form) | |
i tuoi figli - your children | |
le tue macchine - your cars | |
casa tua - your house | |
tuo padre - your father | |
3. pron. yours | |
Sono i tuoi. - They are yours. | |
sono |
1. v. first-person singular present of essere; (I) [[am]], [[I'm]]. | |
2. v. third-person plural present of essere; (they) [[are]], [[they're]]. | |
3. n. alternative form of suono | |
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 | |
chimere |
1. n. plural of chimera | |
chimera |
1. n. chimera | |
2. n. chimera, a kind of shark of the genus Chimaera | |
fallaci |
1. adj. plural of fallace | |
illusioni |
1. n. plural of illusione | |
illusione |
1. n. illusion, delusion | |
perdi |
1. v. second-person singular present of perdere | |
2. v. second-person singular imperative of perdere | |
perdere |
1. v. to lose | |
2. v. to waste | |
3. v. to destroy | |
4. v. to miss, to be late for something | |
ore |
1. n. plural of ora | |
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 | |
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? | |
tempo |
1. n. time | |
2. n. time, age, period | |
bei tempi! - those were the days! | |
3. n. part (of a film, show, etc.) | |
primo tempo, secondo tempo - first part, second part (of a film) | |
4. n. weather | |
tempo da lupi - wolf-like weather | |
5. n. (music) time, tempo, rhythm, beat, pulse | |
6. n. (grammar) tense | |
tempo passato - past tense | |
per |
1. prep. for | |
Ma io l'ho fatto per te! - But I did it for you! | |
Te lo vendo per appena trecento euro - I'll sell it you for only three hundred euro | |
Ho studiato per tre ore - I studied for three hours | |
Questo è il treno per Londra - This is the train for London | |
2. prep. to (indicates direction) | |
3. prep. through | |
Sono passato per il centro - I passed through the center | |
4. prep. in or on | |
Camminava ansiosamente per la stanza - He was pacing anxiously about the room | |
5. prep. by | |
Te lo invio per posta - I'll send it to to by post | |
6. prep. with | |
7. prep. as | |
non |
1. adv. not | |
2. adv. un- | |
3. adv. don't | |
approdare |
1. v. (intransitive, nautical) to land (from a ship) | |
2. v. (intransitive) to arrive | |
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 | |
nulla |
1. adj. feminine singular of nullo | |
2. adv. nothing, anything | |
3. n. nothing | |
4. pron. nothing, anything | |
nullo |
1. adj. (archaic, literary, chiefly in the singular) no, not any (determiner) | |
2. adj. futile, ineffectual, vain | |
3. adj. (mathematics) null; equating zero | |
La somma algebrica di due numeri opposti è nulla. - The algebraic sum of two opposite numbers is null. | |
4. adj. (law) null, null and void | |
Il contratto è stato dichiarato nullo. - The contract has been deemed null and void. | |
5. pron. no one, nobody | |