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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.
volevo
1. v. first-person singular imperfect of volere
volere
1. v. to want
2. n. will, wish, desire, want
dire
1. v. to say, tell
2. v. to recite
3. v. to mean
4. v. to think
5. v. to admit
che
1. pron. (interrogative) what
2. pron. (relative) who; whom; which; (ngd, nominative and accusative case)
3. conj. that
4. conj. than
5. conj. when
6. det. some (informal) A remarkable (some party - che festa - che bambola!)
si
1. pron. (reflexive pronoun) oneself, himself, herself, itself, themselves
Il tuo gatto si lava sul mio letto. - Your cat cleans himself/itself on my bed.
La tua gatta si lava sul mio letto. - Your cat cleans herself on my bed.
Marco si è rotto il braccio. - Marco has broken his arm.
2. pron. (reciprocal pronoun) each other, one another
Carlo e Laura si amano. - Carlo and Laura love each other.
3. pron. (indefinite) one, you, we, they, people
In Italia si pranza intorno all'una. - In Italy they eat lunch around 13.
In Italia si tende ad andare a letto tardi. - In Italy, people tend to go to bed late.
Si dice che Maria volesse uccidere Giovanni. - It is said that Maria wanted to kill Giovanni.
Da questa finestra si vede la banca. - From this window, one can see the bank.
4. pron. (si passivante) (ngd, Used to form the passive voice of a verb); it
Si vende latte. / Vendesi latte. - Milk for sale.
Non si accettano carte di credito. - Credit cards are not accepted.
5. n. (music) B
sì
1. adv. yes
2. adv. so
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
rotto
1. adj. broken
2. v. past participle of rompere
rompere
1. v. to break
2. v. (colloquial, euphemism) to screw with, to be a pain in the ass (shortening of rompere le palle or rompere i coglioni)
Non la smetteva di rompere.
Smettila di rompermi le palle!
un'altra
un
1. art. an, a
2. n. one
3. adj. one
4. pron. one
altra
1. adj. feminine singular of altro
volta
1. n. time, instance, occasion
a volte - sometimes
due volte alla settimana - twice a week
tre volte tre fa nove - three times three is nine
2. n. turn
3. n. (architecture, anatomy) vault
4. =Participle. feminine singular of volto
5. v. third-person singular present of voltare
6. v. second-person singular imperative of voltare
voltare
1. v. to turn
2. v. (transitive, rare) to translate
3. v. (intransitive) to turn
volto
1. adj. facing
2. adj. concerning
3. n. face
4. v. masculine singular past participle of volgere
5. v. masculine singular past participle of volvere
6. v. first-person singular present of voltare
quel
1. adj. Apocopic form of quello, used before a consonant that is not impure.
tubo
1. n. tube
2. n. pipe
3. v. first-person singular present indicative of tubare
tubare
1. v. (intransitive) to coo
2. v. (intransitive) to bill and coo
in
1. prep. in
Ho qualcosa in tasca. - I have got something in my pocket.
Partirò in primavera. - I will be leaving in spring.
Vado in quinta elementare. - I'm in fifth grade of elementary school.
2. prep. to
Sono andato in panetteria. - I went to the bakery.
Vado in quinta elementare. - I go to fifth grade of elementary school.
3. prep. into
4. prep. by
Vado a scuola in autobus. - I go to school by bus.
5. prep. on
Ho messo un cappello in testa. - I put a hat on my head.
Metti il pane in tavola. - Put the bread on the table.
giardino
1. n. garden

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